It's weird that I'm the only one saying this but the purpose of HN isn't just for getting publicity/visitors. I know that, when I view "Show HN" posts, the only ones I click through are the ones that (a) seem interesting, and (b) seem like they are wanting to feedback for specific things that I think I can address. I like supporting the community as much as possible but a "hit" from me for a service/site/product that I'll never use is a waste for us both, right?<p>So #1, for me, if that I looked at your two submissions* and they don't do those things. "Show HN" works better when you are asking for help/ideas or seeking to be a part of a community. I know that your second post ends with the feedback request but, if that's what you wanted, you buried the lead, plain and simple. Both of your submissions read like press releases (and not very good ones). If you posted the same links/descriptions over on reddit, I'd guess the reddit hits were made up of 14950 spiders. That's just not text that inspires anyone to click.<p>And #2 would be that you don't have clickable links or even spell out a full <a href="http://" rel="nofollow">http://</a> address in your posts. You are thus forcing people to type it in the address bar, or to click the title and hijack off of HN to the site. After years of being here, I can tell you that it's always better to put the links in the description as well as make a comment with a clickable link. For whatever reason, pg doesn't make description URLs clickable but does make them clickable if they are in a comment.<p>All of that being said, I wouldn't be against a wider tag/attribute/categorization. I don't think there are enough "Ask HN" and "Show HN" submissions to warrant a separate forum for each though.<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4333014" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4333014</a><p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4354876" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4354876</a>