Am I doing it wrong?
Edit: this one didn't even get on the front page.
I've been reading HN regularly for several years, so it feels a little weird to finally have something to say and have it just disappear like that.
In regards to your app submission, the title does sound too spammy...and the content is probably a turn off for most HN users, who don't like having to actually log in/download something before finding out what it does. I'd consider writing a blog post that walks step-by-step through some of the technology/code you used to implement your app...Most people probably aren't initially excited by a treasure hunt app, but many of us hackers always like to be inspired by novel ways to use image recognition and/or GPS.
One suggestion would have been to title it "Show HN: My first iOS app, real life scavenger hunts, covered in Geekwire", so at least it would make this ask section, where the links get a little bit more of a chance for upvotes.
Neither of your submissions had any upvotes, so I'm guessing it just got pushed off by a rush of other news.
In particular, for the last few weeks here, the front page has been overwhelmed with one story in particular, so startup launches and programming topics are going to fall by the wayside - it may have just been a bad time to launch on HN.
And you're right about the avalanche of news. Feeling kind of (ahem) snowed in right now.
Not that I want this particular story to go away.
Most of them are from tech news sites and out of 5 links I would post, 4 of them will get 2-3 karma and drop off very quick and 1 might get 20+ karma.
The second submission was from a tech news site (geekwire.com).
I guess the target demographic for Klikaklu (outdoorsy people and families) doesn't really strike a chord here.
I think you erred by trying to make two posts about the same thing in one day that. That might be something that gets you flagged.
