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Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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My number one problem with producthunt, keeping in mind that I still love producthunt for the amount of traffic and customers it got us, is that you can't say anything negative in the comments.

Even if it relates to bad science, bad product, etc....

It's all very 'kumbaya' positive, which is fine.

That being said, I think ProductHunt will be sufficiently difficult to replicate.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Why was this `[Dead]`, preventing people from commenting? High level of irony on that.

Not sure. A thread with many comments should basically never be [dead]. I think it was a bug squeezed out of the woodwork by unprecedented pressure from flags doing battle with vouches. We've overridden it.

Am I right that flagging this post is misuse of flagging?

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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I'm working on a Product Hunt competitor at the moment and I'm looking for a technical co-founder. If anyone is interested, please email or DM me on twitter.

I'm guessing you've looked into http://www.telescopeapp.org/ ? If not, I'd really recommend you do so and also learn some Meteor.js. It's great for beginners.

I really dislike when sites / products claim 'The easiest way...' or 'The best way...'. Its a statement that immediately makes me question the product, if something really is 'the best' as in 'the be all and end all' of something, I don't think it'll ever claim to be such.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing you've looked into http://www.telescopeapp.org/ ? If not, I'd really recommend you do so and also learn some Meteor.js. It's great for beginners.

I really dislike when sites / products claim 'The easiest way...' or 'The best way...'. Its a statement that immediately makes me question the product, if something really is 'the best' as in 'the be all and end all' of something, I don't think it'll ever claim to be such.

Yep. I totally agree with you on that. But going past that marketing talk, sometimes the products do turn out to be pretty good.

I say this with experience having worked with Meteor for the past year and also some playing around with Telescope. It is worth checking out especially since it caters to a person like parent of my comment.

Setting up a customizable ProductHunt style website without much effort/coding can be a good start till you get more proficient with code or find a technical co-founder.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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As the person who started the Product Hunt beatdown last thread, and would like nothing more than to see a good PH competitor, I regrettably have a few issues with this. 1. The hypothetical example you give about the Financial Times writing favorable stories for investors is an example of conflict of interest , which is a different issue than the elitist exclusivity discussed last thread. (And much more gray) 2. As n…

HN submission moderation isn't transparent though? Threads can be disappeared on a moderator's whim.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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For anything early enough such as an MVP, you will be utterly useless. You need a programmer. However a programmer really doesn't need you.

Yeah, I guess there's no way for non-programmers and programmers to work together to create a startup.

You don't have to be a programmer but you do need to contribute more than just an idea (e.g. domain expertise, business knowledge, sales experience).

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I guess there's no way for non-programmers and programmers to work together to create a startup.

You don't have to be a programmer but you do need to contribute more than just an idea (e.g. domain expertise, business knowledge, sales experience).

Of course.
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