SecureChats

Re:Ask HN: How could a startup stand a chance when Reddit won't even l... on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @03:25AM (#48903304)

True. But your competition was in the same boat with you, and now they can downvote your posts into oblivion.

Re:Ask HN: How could a startup stand a chance when Reddit won't even l... on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @02:24AM (#48902944)

It seems that there is no clear definition of what self promotion is. For example, sending the security and privacy white paper of my product to r/privacy and asking for feedback was seen as self promotion.

Re:Ask HN: How could a startup stand a chance when Reddit won't even l... on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @02:22AM (#48902930)

This is a good point about Reddit, thank you!

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

Posted by SecureChats on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @01:12AM
from the ask-hn dept.

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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