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Ask HN: low-key launch?

5 points by joshu ↗ HN
Any ideas on how to soft-launch a website? I built something (with the help of a developer) that is a fun little personal project. Not a business -- I want to build an interesting little community. Unfortunately, given attention on my other projects, I really don't want to get the two conflated.

So, any ideas how to do a soft launch? I was thinking about announcing it on HN and then just locking down logins if it grew too fast.

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_b8r0
That doesn't sound too bad. You'll probably get a little interest from HN that may yield a few accounts/signups but that'll die down fairly quickly. I'd say start with that and then look at baby steps to growing it if you want more users.
pclark
sounds like the perfect case for a "review my startup" post, might want to submit it under a dummy account even. ps: dibs on invite?
joshu
good idea.

right now we're just using twitter auth to log in. if you have a twitter account, you should be good.

the idea is a community for sharing useful tips. (the other exercise was to see how well i could do on a project if i wasn't actually coding it myself. i hired someone. thankfully he is excellent - i am thrilled)

pclark
cool, i'll keep an eye out for your submission...