HACKER Q&A
📣 ramedina86

Why has my launch been successful on other platforms but not on HN?


I've released a framework last month, getting a decent number of GitHub stars (400+) and some hardcore fans. It was very well received on Reddit and other communities, but didn't get a single upvote on HN. Anyone has any tips? I'm guessing it has something to do with target audience, but the difference is astonishing.


  👤 version_five Accepted Answer ✓
Could be timing. Sometimes things get picked up as they go by in "New" and sometimes they get missed.

It's also possible as you say that it's the audience or community. There are definitely types of things that people here get excited about (say, a minimal css framework) and other that people either don't care or are fatigued by (AI).

Edit: and the first time you posted, it was blocked (marked [dead]) because you signed up and then posted something right away, so nobody saw it.


👤 CedricTeyton
IMHO HN is about problem-solving as a process. Other platforms are about product ideas as a result.