Ask HN: How did you grow from 100 to 1,000 users?

Re:Ask HN: How did you grow from 100 to 1,000 users? by mobitar on Saturday April 29, 2017 @01:49PM (#14227736)

I posted this on a similar thread a few days ago. For Standard Notes [0], here's what I did:

1. Comment on privacy related HN posts about a privacy-focused notes app. That would have gotten me 40-50 users.

2. Write articles [1] on encryption/privacy/webdev. Some of them made it to frontpage HN, some didn't. That might have gotten me to 500 users.

3. Repeat. Tirelessly. Painstakingly. Depressingly. Just keep going doing small things every day. Eventually they start to compound.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you grow from 100 to 1,000 users? by gonzofish on Saturday April 29, 2017 @01:57PM (#14227771)

Seems like the answer is always to grind it out. I commend anyone who has put in the work to succeed.

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