My Indie Project Hit the Hacker News Front Page (then vanished!)

I had a wild experience this week I thought I’d share! Out of curiosity (and maybe a little hope), I posted my latest startup project to Hacker News with the title:

"Show HN: Too Many Business Ideas? stop choosing, launch all of them, FAST&FREE"

To my complete surprise, it quickly shot up to the front page. I refreshed the stats and just watched the traffic explode on my website, it was unreal seeing the live numbers spike! I barely had time to process what was happening, and honestly, I never expected it to gain that much traction so fast.

But here’s the twist: about an hour later, my post was removed. No explanation, no warning just gone from the front page as quickly as it appeared. I’m still not sure why (maybe self-promotion, maybe something in the title?), but it was both an amazing and confusing experience. I wish I could’ve engaged more with the community while the buzz was happening!

Even though things ended abruptly, I learned a lot about how unpredictable launching can be, and how much impact a short window of visibility can have.

Anyone else ever have a similar experience? Would love to hear about it!