The long lists of "places to post your launch" are less useful than people think. I've had way better results from just hanging out in communities where my users already are and actually participating in discussions over weeks/months before ever mentioning what I'm building. Cold-posting your launch link to 50 subreddits and forums gets you traffic with zero retention. The founders I know who grew organically all say the same thing: be a genuine member of the community first.

Always better to prewarm your sock puppets before spamming. That's why I joined HN in the first place!

(The product flopped and I got lost on so many rabbit trails. YC took me out of the game with a side hustle forum!)

Sometimes time doesn't allow that for multiple communities simultaneously, but you are right. Still I think a lot of online communities are drowning in AI slob diluting the well thought about stuff that would deserve the attention.

Like the social listening section under social media marketing in this linked guide?