> Viral traffic from Hacker News, Twitter, etc. fades quickly; One-time spikes provide no long-term value; Focus on sustainable organic growth instead
I guess it depends on the audience. Our audience is tech-savvy and like RSS feeds, and it can change everything.
You need to make one big "spike", then some people will subscribe to your RSS feed, and some of them will silently follow you and read the future articles that won’t make it to the HN front page.
> Viral traffic from Hacker News, Twitter, etc. fades quickly; One-time spikes provide no long-term value; Focus on sustainable organic growth instead
I guess it depends on the audience. Our audience is tech-savvy and like RSS feeds, and it can change everything.
You need to make one big "spike", then some people will subscribe to your RSS feed, and some of them will silently follow you and read the future articles that won’t make it to the HN front page.
But I still agree with the point.