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Ask HN: How could a startup stand a chance when Reddit won't even let you post?

6 points by SecureChats ↗ HN
TLDR; spent half year building a product and launching it and tried to just post a white paper here on HN and reddit to get some feedback: instant ban for self promotion. From what I've seen, it is not even clear that humans are involved in this process. So how should I proceed? Start paying for ads?

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jerrycat101
You have to slowly engage with the community and use it or a regular but even then you are not supposed to self promote. What you can do is ask for peoples opinion of your app.
Messyflame
Reddit is banning accounts so frequently. I would suggest avoid posting anything for the first week of account creation, and even when you post, do not add a link. unfortunately the only way for startups to promote themselves now is to do shadow marketing.
beardyw
Some of us folks here did startups before there was Reddit (or HN). Launching for free wasn't a thing. So things turn around.
desktopentree
i ran into a similar issue when researching how to get my project off the ground. the key is having an aged account with karma and being open and honest about you building the product instead of attempting guerrilla marketing.