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Joel Patrizio

Hey hi, thanks for the feedback!

Really? I did try it last week and was able to do it for free. However most of them ask you to pay if you want to get immediately featured, which I didn't do because I can wait. For my product I didn't see the point in paid submissions, I just choose the free option and tried with many different communities.

The ones that worked best in terms of visibility were Reddit and DEV.

I wish good luck with your launch!

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Could you share the links to your Reddit posts? I'm new there and I'm not sure what should I do to get a single upvote :)

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Joel Patrizio • Edited

Sure, no problem! These are my posts, the best one allowed us to get +100 users applying to our beta. But some of the posts didn't get any interaction at all.

As a reddit user, I've seen two types of posts that work well:

  1. Make it personal: explain why this is meaningful to you, some people might find it relatable.
  2. Provide enough value: don't just put your links, share some data about what you've learned during the process, eg- "I spent 200 hours studying X and these are the 5 key things that would have save me half of the time."
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Coderslang: Become a Software Engineer

Thanks for the great advice. I've posted a link and a short comment today and got quite a few upvotes! reddit.com/r/learnjavascript/comme...

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Joel Patrizio

Yay! That's awesome, I'll leave a comment :)