booruguru

I have basically created a directory of sites that accept link submission. It's called The Submit List. I also offer manual link submission services much like StartupLister, PromoteHour, etc.

Rather, writing yet another listicle, I wanted to create a resource with granular search classifications, that's continually updated over time.

Those sites have been celebrated by the tech media. So I created something more broad and comprehensive, rather than yet another niche service.

I posted an article on Reddit about "How A Vulgar Reddit User Saved My Business" and they have spent the last 12 hours ripping me a new one.

Apparently, I have created an evil SEO scheme even though my site has nothing to do with SEO.

What am I missing here? I tried asking the Reddit users replying to my post, but they're too belligerent to manage a half-way intelligent conversation. So I figured I might have better luck on HN.

This has been a truly bizarre and demoralizing experience. I posted on Reddit to clarify the misconceptions, but it only made things worse.

If you agree with the haters, please explain why The Submit List is the devil's tool, whereas niche sites like StartupLister and PromoteHour are legit resources.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/3sgh95/how_a_vulgar_reddit_user_saved_my_business/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8175019

http://thesubmitlist.com

There was a time when a bunch of design-related web sites would have a "community news" section where they showcase user-submitted links.

A lot of those sites no longer appear to accept submissions. But surely, there must be some sites that accept design-related links.

Please share your suggestions.

e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20140404105522/http://submitquickly.com/ <-- This site used to bulk submit links to such sites, but now they are offline.