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Show HN: I built a fair alternative to Product Hunt for indie makers

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Re: Show HN: I built a fair alternative to Product Hunt for indie makers

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Post by EyMaddis »

Hi Good job on launching! I like it quite a bit!

I’ve just won yesterday with https://partey.io and tried to contact you via mail (hello@) because I have several issues. Mostly I cannot answer any comments (or delete mine). This is especially awkward because I could post one asking for questions, I got some and now I cannot answer them… this was the case since yesterday and it’s very frustrating.

Also I am also technically the most voted product, yet I am in third place for all which kind of makes me feel cheated. I guess the comments count there as well (which is additionally frustrating)…?

Other notes:

* login sessions are extremely short

* links and upvote buttons need to be bigger(!). People are posting here to get people to visit the site and it is not prominent at all in the detail page

* the upvote button as a logged-out user leads to errors

* you have no contact info

Re: Show HN: I built a fair alternative to Product Hunt for indie makers

#116

Post by mettamage »

silisili wrote: post #101
mettamage wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not a study but a reality for me. At one point on HN I wanted to farm for karma points. That period lasted for a few weeks, I wasn't too intense about it, just a fun question I had. My tactic? Find something that has something like 15 upvotes and you suspect to be rising quick in upvotes. Create the first comment and your best to make an as thoughtful comment as possible, even if you don't know anything about…

Serious question: what motivation was there? AFAIK points aren't worth anything and don't unlock anything after the first few, probably to help block spam/bots. It's exceedingly rare that I even click a profile here, and even then it's usually to see what a person works on not how many points they've accumulated. In fact, there are many cases where the most knowledgeable person on a subject comments, I click to see w…

> Serious question: what motivation was there?

Curiosity, what else? It was for a few weeks, I get curious about many things.

Points to me is a light positive signal that they are "a part of HN". I've seen a similar effect as you with many low point HN commenters. So I don't see low point as a negative sign, but high points definitely as a light positive sign (i.e. you can assume they read the guidelines, etc.).

Re: Show HN: I built a fair alternative to Product Hunt for indie makers

#117

Post by lakshikag »

EyMaddis wrote: post #112

Hi Good job on launching! I like it quite a bit! I’ve just won yesterday with https://partey.io and tried to contact you via mail (hello@) because I have several issues. Mostly I cannot answer any comments (or delete mine). This is especially awkward because I could post one asking for questions, I got some and now I cannot answer them… this was the case since yesterday and it’s very frustrating. Also I am also techn…

Hey, hey! Sorry about the hiccups—still tweaking things based on users feedbacks.

1) Login sessions now last longer 2) Did some changes to the "Visit Website" button on product pages 3) It should take the user to the login page now 4) Hit me up on Bluesky or Twitter (@lakshikagayal)

On a side note, if you have any more suggestions, please add them in https://itslaunched.features.vote/board

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