Over the past few months, I've seen a number of very popular and active political posts disappear off the front page in a matter of hours. Notable examples that come to mind are yesterday's various travel ban threads (such as this one[1]) and Sam Altman's blog post on Thiel[2] and Trump[3] — all with hundreds of upvotes and comments, but buried several pages down next to posts that are one or...
Looking at my stats, it appears my main problem is that nobody knows my app exists. The # of views for all my media is just tiny, despite being on the front page of several subreddits, Product Hunt, and HN. Unfortunately, it seems this stat is directly tied to prominent writers talking about my app, and I can't seem to get that to happen. (My biggest sales boost by far was when a prominent music blog wrote a review for my app.) So I figured maybe something was wrong with the marketing pitch I usually send to publications. (Up to and including the way the app looks in screenshots.)
Hi folks! I recently released an iOS music creation app. Feedback from those who've tried it has been incredibly positive, but I can't seem to get anyone to write about this thing. Dozens of e-mails to blogs, publications, and what-have-you have so far disappeared into the void. Meanwhile, I see developers with somewhat similar products released around the same time and at the same price point...