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

Posted by pringle on Saturday July 10, 2010 @06:58PM
from the ask-hn dept.

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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Re:Ask HN: How to get traction for an HN-like social news site? by aitoehigie on Saturday July 10, 2010 @07:26PM (#1504533)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: How to get traction for an HN-like social news site? by p0larboy on Sunday July 11, 2010 @01:48AM (#1505045)

any relevant sources?

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Re:Ask HN: How to get traction for an HN-like social news site? by lovskogen on Sunday July 11, 2010 @04:09AM (#1505200)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: How to get traction for an HN-like social news site? by mikecane on Saturday July 10, 2010 @08:20PM (#1504595)

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

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Re:Ask HN: How to get traction for an HN-like social news site? by bdr on Saturday July 10, 2010 @08:57PM (#1504666)

Subscribe it to relevant RSS feeds.

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