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Ask HN: How to deal with the anxiety of promoting your own open-source project?

4 pointsby tinchox59 months ago
I&#x27;ve been working on a project for months, and now that it&#x27;s publicly available, I&#x27;m feeling overwhelmed by the thought of self-promotion. I&#x27;m worried about being perceived as spammy or that my project won&#x27;t be well-received. I&#x27;m also constantly checking how many visitors I have or how many stars I&#x27;ve received.<p>For this project, I tried to manage my expectations, but anyway, I feel horrible. How do you balance the need to promote your project with the fear of being too self-promotional? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

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sarcasmatwork9 months ago
Have private or more limited demo&#x27;s and take in feedback thru a survey or other means.<p>Don&#x27;t take the feedback as personal or attacks, but as advice to make your &quot;thing&quot; better.<p>&gt;I&#x27;m feeling overwhelmed by the thought of self-promotion<p>Just use a &#x27;Show&#x27; tag, you&#x27;ll be fine.<p>&gt; I&#x27;m also constantly checking how many visitors I have or how many stars I&#x27;ve received.<p>Why? Spend your time working on the code, or &quot;thing&quot; related like docs and not worry about things you can&#x27;t really control.<p>Good luck!
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