Re:How to Find Your Earliest Users
by geekjock on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:28PM
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> Posting comments in relevant threads is slower, but it can drive a surprising amount of traffic over time, and the conversion rates will often be much higher than a 'featured' placement.
Could you elaborate on this? Do you see ongoing traffic coming in from comments on old HN threads (even old ones)?
Re:How to Find Your Earliest Users
by danenania on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:33PM
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Occasionally, yes, but by "over time" I meant that it's something you can do repeatedly that adds up, not that a single comment gets much long-tail traffic by itself.
Could you elaborate on this? Do you see ongoing traffic coming in from comments on old HN threads (even old ones)?