Got to #1 on Hacker News, before getting flagged... lesson learned

Hey guys, consider this a lesson learned the hard way for me that might help you.

I've been working on building Enviro.Work, a jobs board for environmentally focused work. I finished the MVP recently and felt like it was time to start battle-testing Enviro.Work in the real world.

So I decided to post it on Hacker News under the Show HN tag. Great.

I've done this before with Collective.Energy and it went relatively well (getting to the front page) so I thought I'd try the same approach.

Now here's the thing - I told some of my friends and family I'd be doing this. Staying accountable by telling people about my progress is something that's kept me motivated in the past. It's part of the reason I'm here. Being the supportive group they are, some of them created HN accounts...

Right away it started going well! The post rose up and briefly went to #1 on the front page. At one point Enviro.Work had 128 concurrent users. Woohoo!

Unfortunately, due to the fact that several new HN accounts had commented on the post, it got flagged for spam and quickly dropped to nothing after an hour. I feel like I missed an opportunity for bigger traffic. In no way was my intention to spam HN, but it was perceived that way. Lesson learned for me. Hopefully it saves some of you from the same mistake.

Still, I feel like Enviro.Work could help people in that type of community to find work that they're passionate about & help the planet

Enviro.Work is live on Product Hunt today, here's the link: producthunt.com/posts/enviro-work/. Check it out! Will try again on Hacker News in a week or two for the majority who didn't see the post before it was taken down...