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Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by touchofevil »

asenna wrote: post #70
touchofevil wrote: post #20

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 actually created a site using telescopeapp.org in the past! When reddit's AMA section went on strike, I created Skhool.me Telescope won't work for my current project, unfortunately.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by lmm »

touchofevil wrote: post #80
lmm wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Then make the case for that. Give us some credentials, or experience, or... just some reason why a technically skilled person would want to pick you rather than anyone else as a cofounder. You're presumably going to want to see the same thing from their end.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by onion2k »

dewitt wrote: post #15

I think that people here are way overestimating the importance of Product Hunt.

In the big picture of all the things you need to do to successfully launch a product Product Hunt isn't hugely important. You can definitely launch something without featuring on there. But as a self-selected group of users who're interested in startups and new products, and who are willing to try things before they're finished, PH is certainly the best thing out there. And it's inner circle of users know that, and (maybe) abuse their position as gatekeepers to help their friends over outsiders.

Whether or not it's a 'scam' is endlessly debatable but regardless of that it could definitely use some competition.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by kriro »

goldenkey wrote: post #54
touchofevil wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...I'm learning to code...(sound of pitchforks rustling)

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.

Testing if you are actually solving the right problem for the right people usually requires no programming knowledge. It's mostly about talking to people. This step is of course often skipped by programmers because we like to build something and go from there.

A good customer development person is worth their weight in gold (as are designers). Most programmers (including me) really do need such a person.

The typical "idea guy" however...is just annoying and unfortunately that's the people that usually randomly ask me "oh i think you can program i have this great idea...". Since parent poster learns to program he/she's way ahead of the curve though and I doubt he/she's just an idea guy.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by touchofevil »

lmm wrote: post #82
touchofevil wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course.

Then make the case for that. Give us some credentials, or experience, or... just some reason why a technically skilled person would want to pick you rather than anyone else as a cofounder. You're presumably going to want to see the same thing from their end.

I had planned to give additional details via email. I just thought I might bump into someone in these comments that was also interested in working on something related to PH. However, that doesn't seem to be what I've found here...

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by unclebucknasty »

mrmondo wrote: post #74
asenna wrote: post #70

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.

I just read it as an attempt to make the case for why anyone should care about them.

Just a slightly less ambivalent formulation of "a pretty good way to do X".

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by anc84 »

minimaxir wrote: post #7

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…

> both Reddit and Hacker News are transparent in terms of submission moderation

I disagree vehemently. Reddit has tools like AutoModerator which censor content secretly. No user knows what's going on. Subreddit moderators only have some insight and it is on their discretion if they want to share it. Reddit is highly intransparent.

Re: Let's Create a Better Product Hunt

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Post by sunir »

minimaxir wrote: post #48
volaski wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a simple google search will show you tons of articles and blog posts giving you more than enough tips really. People complaining about this just shows that they didn't do their homework before submitting.

Ideally you shouldn't have to do homework before using the basic functions of a website. (aside from reading Terms and Conditions, of course)

It's not a "website". It's a market. Would you say the same thing before buying stocks through eTrade?
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