[mueslix]

Great. You added my project to your site without asking, then cold-emailed me about it, and wrapped the whole thing in a thin layer of "congratulations". Let me be direct: this is not flattering. It's spam.

On top of that, you're asking me to pay to "boost" something I never requested, and to help amplify your marketing on Hacker News. Essentially the holy trinity of:

1. Unsolicited outreach 2. Monetizing someone else's work without consent 3. Trying to recruit the very people you spam as your distribution channel

That's not community building. That's growth hacking at the expense of maintainers.

[Oatcake21]

Fair criticism. We should have asked before listing and we're fixing that process. Your project has been removed. The cold email approach was wrong and we're learning from it — we're two students figuring this out, not a growth hacking operation. Appreciate the direct feedback.