What it is

Hacker News ranks links by upvotes with a steep time decay, and Show HN is the convention for launching your own work. Reddit distributes through topical subreddits, each governed by its own self-promotion rules and volunteer moderators.

Why it earns a slot

A front-page HN post moves thousands of technically-minded readers in an afternoon and reliably produces backlinks. One well-matched subreddit can outperform every paid channel for a niche publication.

Know before you commit

Both punish marketing tone: HN buries promotional titles and Reddit mods ban accounts with no comment history. Spikes are single-day events, and an HN front page can take down under-provisioned hosting.

Getting started

Post as Show HN with a plain descriptive title and no adjectives.

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Pricing snapshot

Free. Hacker News sells no placement at all. Reddit sells ads separately, but organic posts in any subreddit cost nothing.

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Evaluate Hacker News and Reddit (https://news.ycombinator.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Organic community launch channels. Hacker News ranks links by upvotes with a steep time decay, and Show HN is the convention for launching your own work. Reddit distributes through topical subreddits, each governed by its own self-promotion rules and volunteer moderators.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): A front-page HN post moves thousands of technically-minded readers in an afternoon and reliably produces backlinks. One well-matched subreddit can outperform every paid channel for a niche publication.
Watch out for: Both punish marketing tone: HN buries promotional titles and Reddit mods ban accounts with no comment history. Spikes are single-day events, and an HN front page can take down under-provisioned hosting.
Pricing: Free. Hacker News sells no placement at all. Reddit sells ads separately, but organic posts in any subreddit cost nothing.
Setup: Post as Show HN with a plain descriptive title and no adjectives.
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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