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Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

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Re: Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

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Post by http-teapot »

mindcrime wrote: post #59

I will definitely use this over ProductHunt. I mean, for crying out loud, I signed up for PH just now to leave a comment and the first thing you get is "commenting is restricted to those users invited by others in the community". Yeah, so I have to supplicate myself to some random Internet stranger and beg permission just to comment on your site? Not happening...

I share the exact same feeling. Signed on PH months ago to drop a comment and never got "approved". I wish comments were public on OpenHunt.co so I can take part in the conversation.

Re: Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

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Post by drumdance »

minimaxir wrote: post #12
jacquesc wrote: post #2

For a bit of background: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10739875 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10741827 I've been a Product Hunt user from their initial HN launch and am still a big fan. They've made a very important impact in the tech scene. Open Hunt is an honest attempt at a community run alternative, tailored to giving / getting feedback, and finding very early stage stuff. Would love your feedba…

As the chief complainer about Product Hunt, I appreciate that transparency is out front-and-center, with clear documentation on how your service aims to avoid the same pitfalls. That being said, it reminds me of another service with the same goals: Ello, who also said they were not going to take venture capital. We know how that turned out. I mentioned in the threads that a Hacker News/PH competitor may not be better…

I don't recall Ello saying they wouldn't take capital. Do you have a link to where they said that?

They did say they would not monetize users via privacy invasion like Facebook.

Re: Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

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Post by jacquesc »

mckee1 wrote: post #31

Where is the feedback shown? I have submitted "Too" and it says one person has left feedback but I can't see it anywhere (I am logged in with the account that submitted).

Since anyone can submit a product (not necessarily their own), we are adding a verification step (email to [any]@yourdomain.com). We'll have other verification steps as well to make those feedback items available.

Re: Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

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Post by mindcrime »

http-teapot wrote: post #61
mindcrime wrote: post #59

I will definitely use this over ProductHunt. I mean, for crying out loud, I signed up for PH just now to leave a comment and the first thing you get is "commenting is restricted to those users invited by others in the community". Yeah, so I have to supplicate myself to some random Internet stranger and beg permission just to comment on your site? Not happening...

I share the exact same feeling. Signed on PH months ago to drop a comment and never got "approved". I wish comments were public on OpenHunt.co so I can take part in the conversation.

I wish comments were public on OpenHunt.co so I can take part in the conversation.

Yeah, that would be nice. I mean, I can see the value in "direct to the product owner" comments, but some venue for public discussion would also be nice.

Re: Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

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Post by davegonzalez »

mindcrime wrote: post #59

I will definitely use this over ProductHunt. I mean, for crying out loud, I signed up for PH just now to leave a comment and the first thing you get is "commenting is restricted to those users invited by others in the community". Yeah, so I have to supplicate myself to some random Internet stranger and beg permission just to comment on your site? Not happening...

A game I had helped develop made #1 a few weeks back. I wanted to comment on it and say thanks but ran into the same error message. Kind of strange that you have to request permission to comment, even if you have an account.

Re: Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

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Post by jflatow »

mindcrime wrote: post #59

I will definitely use this over ProductHunt. I mean, for crying out loud, I signed up for PH just now to leave a comment and the first thing you get is "commenting is restricted to those users invited by others in the community". Yeah, so I have to supplicate myself to some random Internet stranger and beg permission just to comment on your site? Not happening...

I plan to use this too. It's weirdly inspiring to see how quickly this came together, how much support its getting, and how the bitter HN community energy can be harnessed towards a constructive solution to a problem.
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