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Also, I tried clicking on one of the projects and got a 404: https://sideprojects.net/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.producthu...
Correction : if I click on _any_ link to go to a project, I get a 302, which doesn't redirect, with the text: Not Found! We're sorry; whatever you were looking for isn't here..
I thought side projects were shared on GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket...
Where do you source these projects from? Where did you find your first users? And how do you keep spammers at bay?
The first few users came from a public test on reddit as I wanted to see if this would be something that people could see themselves using. The responses I got were positive, so I went ahead and posted the website on several different (relevant) subreddits before launching on ProductHunt on September 2nd.
I haven't had much of a spammer problem (yet), but there is a spam filter and a cool-down preventing you from posting too much at once.
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Correction : if I click on _any_ link to go to a project, I get a 302, which doesn't redirect, with the text: Not Found! We're sorry; whatever you were looking for isn't here..
It appears to be a problem with Firefox and I'm yet to figure out what's causing it since it works on my local environment fine. Try using a different browser
@sakofchit just browsing from my phone but this seems like it's using the Telescope platform (though I believe the name has since changed). Is it? I had plans to use that to launch several side-projects back in college but felt like practicing and working on rolling my own... Been busy with life and work since so I have yet to truly launch anything.. ^.^'