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Ask HN: How to use social media as an indie dev?

22 points yathern | 1 comments | 15 Mar 25 19:25 UTC | HN request time: 2.411s | source

I'm an independent developer looking to launch a project soon that I'm excited about. I'll obviously post it here as a Show HN, and maybe in a few subreddits - but I'm out of the loop on where and how to reach more people. Haven't had a Facebook or other social media for years. I don't maintain a blog, though I assume I should. Does anyone have any resources or can speak to any experience doing this? Of the many hats I now must wear, this is the one I'm most begrudging about.
1. mansoorsheriff ◴[18 Mar 25 09:02 UTC] No.43397073[source]▶
Social media these days are more concerned with boosting and increasing their sales.

Even Twitter has just started prompting for boosting replies. Thing is there is not much guarantee of conversion too.

If you're planning to use social media for promoting your product, it will take a good amount of time to build a loyal userbase first.