Ask HN: Need some advice
I Recently released my photo and video sharing site vivapixel.com into the wild and so far things are going ok.
Traffic has been growing thanks to folks posting stuff on reddit,stumbleupon,digg etc.
I've had a few new members signup but not that many folks are using the site ?
I've contacted some folks to get some feedback on useability, speed etc. and it's all thumbs up !<p>So I guess I have a few questions for the HN community and was hoping to get some insight from others who have been thrue this before:<p>1. How do you folks attract new members ?<p>2. How often (if at all) do you interact with your members?<p>3. I recently tried to monetize my site with some ads. I regret doing this, it wasn't my idea, a friend recommended I try... it was a bad idea. But how
do you folks monetize your sites ?<p>4. Should I Keep Going? With all the other photo sharing sites like google,flickr etc. Is it worth it for me to keep working on this ? Maybe I should focus
my efforts on a niche? (now what niche do I focus on?)<p>I am at a crossroads and have somewhat run out of ideas and inspiration, any advice/tips/suggestions would be greatly welcomed.<p>thanks