The consequence will be a lot more Show HN on the front page, a bit like the "upvote all Show HN" day which broke HN completely. I'm seeing it already.
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#62There's a definite influx of Show HN submissions happening right now. I see 7 in the top 30; I've never seen that many before.
I'm sure they won't remain at this level, but I hope formalizing the action will encourage more to post. I also hope that there is less of an expectation of a perfect product when something is submitted, and we can respectfully offer advice. I've seen some products that were obviously weekend hacks torn apart as if there were a 15 person team building them for a year.
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#63How will 'Show HN' differ from Product Hunt? Is PH going to become subset of Show HN?
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#64What's the etiquette on repost? It's quite possible that you posted at the wrong moment and got buried. (unfortunately, like this comment)
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#65Great work! I love when organic user behaviors are recognized and made first class features. Allow me to emphasize something from the Show HN Guidelines[1]: > Be respectful. Anyone sharing creative work is making a contribution, however modest. > Ask questions out of curiosity. Don't cross-examine. > Instead of "you're doing it wrong", suggest alternatives. When someone is learning, help them learn more. > When somet…
Maybe the guidelines should be stickied up top, along with the current explanation text, at least while this gets going!
https://news.ycombinator.com/show =/=
https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
edit: they are, but just not called out as such.
[Show HN] is for something you've made that other people can play with. The newest Show HNs are listed [here].
(eg clicking the first hyperlink will bring them up)
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dropbox did too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 The "Show HN" convention hadn't been invented at that point, though.
The comments on this post are perfect examples of why it's hard to predict what's going to take off and what won't. And also why it's sometimes a good idea to just give people the benefit of doubt.
These are awesome, are there more?
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#67There's a definite influx of Show HN submissions happening right now. I see 7 in the top 30; I've never seen that many before. I'm sure they won't remain at this level, but I hope formalizing the action will encourage more to post. I also hope that there is less of an expectation of a perfect product when something is submitted, and we can respectfully offer advice. I've seen some products that were obviously weekend…
I know I've definitely been hesitant to post in the past for being called out for self-promotion or something. I think formalizing it like this will encourage a lot of people to share who might otherwise not.
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#68Note that this is a filter on Show HN titles. For the newest Show HN submissions, you must go to https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew
Think of /show as the Show HN equivalent of the front page, and /shownew as the Show HN equivalent of /newest.
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#69At the time I write it, the list of lists [1] doesn't have the "Show HN". [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/lists
Since /ask isn't there either, we'll probably not add it. Or maybe we should add them both.
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#70Fantastic addition to HN! I'll be visiting this daily. Edit: Clicking on the YC logo from the guidelines brings up a 404.
Thanks; we'll fix it.