Ask HN: How to get traction for an HN-like social news site?

9 points by pringle 16y ago ↗ HN

I guess the title says it all -- looking for ideas and strategies on how to build traffic and momentum for a social news aggregation site. Especially for one that is more niche-based.

Any examples of success outside of the big ones (digg, reddit, HN)?

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aitoehigie 16y ago ↗

Do what the Reddit guys did, create different accounts and post stuff under those account names to simulate the appearance of a growing community. Classic chicken or egg problem.

p0larboy 16y ago ↗

any relevant sources?

mikecane 16y ago ↗

What's the niche? Or is that sekrit still? If you're looking for a niche, btw, there might be one for eBooks/books.

bdr 16y ago ↗

Subscribe it to relevant RSS feeds.

[deleted] 16y ago ↗

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lovskogen 16y ago ↗

Fill in content, make regular updates with content - and if the content is well curated, people linked to the discussion threads will stay.

So you'll have to do the work of many at first.