I'm the little guy in the story. 300 followers on twitter, only just starting to develop a name for myself.
I launched theNews ios (http://bit.ly/thenews-ios) recently which basically lets you read Hacker News & designer news in one app.
You'd think that would go down well in HN but nope, it faded into the bowels of HN & im not surprised. There is so much content due to how "open" it is.
Meanwhile people auctually took notice of my app on PH & DN because u dont't entirely need points to be relevant due to the moderate number of submissions. Frankly a better system for the little guy.
Show HN has its place for hacks & product launches while PH is like a brilliant way to launch your product & get feedback from amazing people that you look up to
& i don't think PH is tryna be like Show HN, it's doing its own thing. giving its own spin on Show HN.
All communities can't be open & frnakly the number of products on PH is already overwhelming at its current amount & with more its only gonna get more where it just becomes impossible to keep up. Thats probably the biggest challenge PH faces.
it's a nice alternative to Show HN & will shine in a different way.
I'm the little guy in the story. 300 followers on twitter, only just starting to develop a name for myself.
I launched theNews ios (http://bit.ly/thenews-ios) recently which basically lets you read Hacker News & designer news in one app.
You'd think that would go down well in HN but nope, it faded into the bowels of HN & im not surprised. There is so much content due to how "open" it is.
Meanwhile people auctually took notice of my app on PH & DN because u dont't entirely need points to be relevant due to the moderate number of submissions. Frankly a better system for the little guy.
Show HN has its place for hacks & product launches while PH is like a brilliant way to launch your product & get feedback from amazing people that you look up to
& i don't think PH is tryna be like Show HN, it's doing its own thing. giving its own spin on Show HN.
All communities can't be open & frnakly the number of products on PH is already overwhelming at its current amount & with more its only gonna get more where it just becomes impossible to keep up. Thats probably the biggest challenge PH faces.
it's a nice alternative to Show HN & will shine in a different way.