Re:Show HN: Random Makers – Show HN and Product Hunt, but Fa...
by muzani on Saturday October 25, 2025 @07:27PM
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Nice to see something like this. Product Hunt has just become swarmed with junk and people from incubators promoting each other's products. Show HN is good, but the good stuff doesn't stick around long enough to discover.
Re:Show HN: Random Makers – Show HN and Product Hunt, but Fa...
by dang on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:47PM
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We're generally fine with noncommercial third party projects, but please include the original HN links so readers can go back to the source if they want.
is being copied over with no indication that it was copied from Hacker News, and you're even representing the submitter as if they have an account on your site: https://makers.random.gg/user/RandomDailyUrls.
Nowhere is there any indication of crediting or linking to HN at all, which is not cool. I'm also pretty sure that many HN community members will object to you copying their usernames over and making them look like users on your site.
I don't mean to be grumpy and if I've misunderstood something, I'm open to being corrected, but this does not look like a fair use of HN.
Re:Show HN: Random Makers – Show HN and Product Hunt, but Fa...
by sanskarix on Friday October 31, 2025 @03:14AM
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Really interesting approach to solving the discovery problem! I've noticed the same thing with Product Hunt—it's become very pay-to-play with all the launch services and vote-buying schemes.
Question for you and others here: What's your experience been with timing launches? I'm launching Cal ID (a scheduling/identity tool) on Product Hunt next Monday, November 10th, and I'm trying to figure out if there's still value in doing a PH launch despite all the noise, or if places like this and Show HN are better for genuine feedback.
The randomization aspect is clever—removes the popularity contest element. Have you thought about how to prevent the same gaming/astroturfing issues that plague PH from creeping in here?
> Show HN: I recreated a 90s Halloween decoration from my childhood - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720155
is being copied over with no indication that it was copied from Hacker News, and you're even representing the submitter as if they have an account on your site: https://makers.random.gg/user/RandomDailyUrls.
Similarly, you've turned https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519878 into https://makers.random.gg/project/25 and https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jmpavlec into https://makers.random.gg/user/jmpavlec.
Nowhere is there any indication of crediting or linking to HN at all, which is not cool. I'm also pretty sure that many HN community members will object to you copying their usernames over and making them look like users on your site.
I don't mean to be grumpy and if I've misunderstood something, I'm open to being corrected, but this does not look like a fair use of HN.
Question for you and others here: What's your experience been with timing launches? I'm launching Cal ID (a scheduling/identity tool) on Product Hunt next Monday, November 10th, and I'm trying to figure out if there's still value in doing a PH launch despite all the noise, or if places like this and Show HN are better for genuine feedback.
The randomization aspect is clever—removes the popularity contest element. Have you thought about how to prevent the same gaming/astroturfing issues that plague PH from creeping in here?