Conversations & feedback

Tech and founder communities

Communities reward people who take part, not people who post and leave. Each has its own rules about self-promotion, and most dislike anything that reads like an advert.

How to use tech and founder communities

  1. Read the rules and a week of recent posts before sharing anything of your own.
  2. Lead with the problem, what you built and a specific question, then stay to reply.
  3. Never ask friends to upvote. Most communities treat coordinated voting as abuse.

9 tech and founder communities to consider

Each channel links to its own page with the current cost, wait, rules and sources.

  • Hacker News (Show HN)

    Technical products, founders, developers, feedback

    Free submission

  • Indie Hackers

    Bootstrapped SaaS, indie founders, build-in-public

    Free submission

  • r/SideProject

    Side projects, launches, feedback

    Fee not confirmed

  • r/SaaS

    SaaS founders, B2B products

    Fee not confirmed

  • r/microsaas

    Micro-SaaS and solo founders

    Fee not confirmed

  • r/indiehackers

    Indie products and bootstrapped founders

    Fee not confirmed

  • r/EntrepreneurRideAlong

    Build-in-public and founder journeys

    Fee not confirmed

  • Slashdot

    Technical audience, software and open source

    Free submission

  • Lobsters

    Developers, engineering and open source

    Free submission

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