Hide Your Link in the First Comment to Dodge Reach Throttling
Hide Your Link in the First Comment to Dodge Reach Throttling is a social & short-form tactic for getting your first users: Because X and LinkedIn suppress reach on posts containing outbound links, the founder kept the main post link-free and dropped the signup link in the first comment, referencing it at the end of the post.
It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for any X or LinkedIn launch. As a social & short-form play, plan for low effort and expect results to show up quickly, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: Social & short-form
- Best for: any X or LinkedIn launch
- Effort: Low
- Speed: Fast
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does social & short-form work for this?
Link-free posts get full algorithmic distribution while the comment still routes committed readers to your page.
The exact steps (4)
The full step-by-step this founder ran, what they posted, where, and in what order, plus the watch-outs, is part of the library.
Sources
- Source — IndieHackers · indiehackers.com