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by quelup 402 days ago
> You've posted nothing but self-promotion so far

I'm so confused. Tbh this is my first Show HN post so if I broke some rule, by all means let me know. But isn't the point of Show HN to show what you built? Lol what am I doing wrong?

> not on an empty site with no users

I know my site is empty, it's an MVP I just brought to a state where I feel comfortable sharing. If the feedback here is to "get more users so your site isn't empty", I totally agree. Hence the post.
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elpocko 402 days ago
You made 4 submissions, all of them are self-promotion. Read the rules that you quoted from.

You made this post not because you wanted to share something interesting; you made it because you want users. But your forum website has no value proposition, so you won't get any users. Anyone could create and host that kind of site now, for any topic and they could do it for free. No one does though for obvious reasons. I'm sorry if that offends you.

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quelup 402 days ago
It doesn't offend me, I'm just not sure if you're trolling me or not haha. This is one of the more bizarre threads I've seen. I don't have a forum website. It's a site to post projects. You're right, I do want users. That's why I posted. Please reread the above. This is a free site. I'm paying for it out of pocket. I'm working on it in my own time on the side. I want users AND I think it's interesting. If people find it interesting they'll use it, if not they won't. No tricking, but you have to make users aware of your site to validate or invalidate the idea.

> Anyone could create and host that kind of site now, for any topic and they could do it for free. No one does though for obvious reasons.

You're implying that any site that could be created and isn't, is because they're all bad ideas. I disagree. It might be in this case, but the idea that you shouldn't test ideas is wrong.

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elpocko 402 days ago
It's bizarre because you didn't expect to receive pushback for your self-promotion?

Show HN is for interesting things. "I made this forum about 'projects' and now I want users." is not interesting. There is nothing to discuss here. Post something that isn't about you for a change.

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quelup 402 days ago
Correction: it's not interesting to you. If you're not the user here, then don't use it.
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