# Hacker News: Show HN: Retrospective on having my “Show HN” on the front-page

- Canonical HTML: https://growth.iangoh.com/sources/hacker-news-show-hn-retrospective-on-having-my-show-hn-on-the-front-page/
- Original source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25903972
- Domain: news.ycombinator.com
- Latest check: 2026-05-31
- Channels: Communities, Hacker News, Lifecycle

## Cited GrowthDex tactics

- [Show HN reply through the comment window](/growth-ideas/show-hn-reply-through-the-comment-window/) - Stay in the Show HN thread and answer substantive comments while the post is live instead of treating the front-page spike like a finished launch.

## Related reading

- [GrowthDex Blog](/blog/)
- [All growth ideas](/growth-ideas/index.md)