Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt

Posted by aml183 on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:19PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I feel like this new ShowHN feature is to try to get people back to posting products on Hacker News as opposed to posting on Product Hunt. What is everyone's thoughts.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by lipanski on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:24PM (#7985103)

Product Hunt is mainly focused on actual products, some of them pretty mature, while Show HN has also been about small pet projects / weekend projects / experiments.

I like them both, but as a developer I'm actually more curious about the experimental side of Show HN projects.

I totally see your point, was my first thought as well, but Product Hunt hasn't really got me away from HN, it's more of a side dish.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by dang on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:36PM (#7985199)

A Show HN feature is something people have been asking us for for years, and was always at the top of our list (or near it: mobile-friendly markup is the other big contender). The reason it's coming out now is that the new Hacker News team is getting up to speed now.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by rrhoover on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:44PM (#7985255)

To echo dang, we (Product Hunt) certainly can't take any credit for "inspiring" Show HN. It's existed for years.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by hashtag on Friday July 04, 2014 @01:33AM (#7987472)

Please add RSS

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by rrhoover on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:37PM (#7985202)

People haven't stopped posting products to HN because of Product Hunt but I believe this will encourage more of it and may draw more attention to product launches on the site.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by minimaxir on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:22PM (#7985089)

Product Hunt is apples-and-oranges compared a front-page HN article. I'm surprised that people keep drawing comparisons between the two.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by sejje on Thursday July 03, 2014 @04:06PM (#7985416)

It's being compared to "Show HN" which certainly isn't the same as the front page.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by percept on Thursday July 03, 2014 @07:14PM (#7986460)

My thought is: awesome, the new, clearer guidelines make Show HN friendlier and more accessible!

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by aguha93 on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:44PM (#7985254)

Most people post on both Hacker News and Product Hunt anyway, and they probably still will.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by coryl on Thursday July 03, 2014 @11:49PM (#7987247)

Show HN has been around for a while, just never had its own tab.

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by krapp on Thursday July 03, 2014 @06:27PM (#7986248)

I'm sorry to be that guy but... what's Product Hunt?

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Re:Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt by jlteran on Thursday July 03, 2014 @10:05PM (#7986913)

http://www.producthunt.com/about this link should tell you everything there is to know about Product Hunt.

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