Ask HN: HN complains, I propose solutions, nobody cares. Why?

10 points

7 years ago

Sometimes I think about solutions to common patterns in complains observed on HN. I build something, submit to HN, but get no upvotes / feedback. Trying to understand what am I doing wrong, if you could please help.

Here are some examples of common complains & actions I took:

1. High healthcare costs in USA.

I've started a free open source project to help with some areas: https://juvmed.com/plan Nobody cared. Since then, I've taken down the dashboard.

2. Medium sucks

Popups, paywalls, oh how we love to outline everything wrong with Medium! Proposed an alternative, didn't even get a vote or comment: https://reader.booxia.com/

3. High credit card transaction fees / PayPal

Wrote how bank transfers could be made easier https://medium.com/@mariusandreiana/open-letter-to-banks-please-make-bank-transfers-easier-d0200f803c68

and posted about a cheaper alternative https://straal.com/

If it's not initiated by Stripe, nobody seems to care.

What am I doing wrong?

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