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Some context for those who haven't followed this in the past week: 1. There was a controversial Medium post 6 days ago accusing Product Hunt's ranking system o

Some context for those who haven't followed this in the past week: 1. There was a controversial Medium post 6 days ago accusing Product Hunt's ranking system of being unfair amongst other things. > How Product Hunt really works (medium.com) 687 points by brw12 6 days ago | 222 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10739875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10739875 2. Then the same day someone started a signup sheet to build an open version. > Let's Create a Better Product Hunt (docs.google.com) 222 points by BetterLaunch 6 days ago | 98 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10741827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10741827 3. Then someone built and launched it. > Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt (openhunt.co) 1072 points by mhurwi 3 days ago | 176 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10759879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10759879 For most of the day on Friday, Open Hunt sat at the #1 spot on Product Hunt, and Ryan Hoover was a good sport about it. https://www.producthunt.com/tech/open-hunt https://www.producthunt.com/tech/open-hunt

sparkzilla 11y ago
I also wrote an article [1] about PH, prompted by Ben Wheeler's original, noting that I was afraid to speak out earlier because I believed it would hurt my chances of getting funded. That's probably true, but whatever. Hoover's response is weak. He's basically saying that they have improved their FAQ. Woo, that's really reassuring. Anyway, I'll take my chances with Open Hunt, or anywhere else that values an open community for that matter. [1]http://newslines.org/blog/the-new-gatekeeper/ http://newslines.org/blog/the-new-gatekeeper/
frik 11y ago
Ryan Hoover's response to "How Product Hunt really works" article on Twitter: <person1>: Seems bad for @ProductHunt. Changes my perception of them. <link to article> Ryan Hoover: sad to hear, <person1> :( <person2>: That's all you have to say, really? Jerk. https://mobile.twitter.com/rrhoover/status/676926628979720192 https://mobile.twitter.com/rrhoover/status/67692662897972019... Someone pointed to this conversation in the OpenHunt discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10759879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10759879 -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10760462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10760462

sparkzilla 11y ago

I also wrote an article [1] about PH, prompted by Ben Wheeler's original, noting that I was afraid to speak out earlier because I believed it would hurt my chances of getting funded. That's probably true, but whatever. Hoover's response is weak. He's basically saying that they have improved their FAQ. Woo, that's really reassuring. Anyway, I'll take my chances with Open Hunt, or anywhere else that values an open community for that matter. [1]http://newslines.org/blog/the-new-gatekeeper/ http://newslines.org/blog/the-new-gatekeeper/

frik 11y ago

Ryan Hoover's response to "How Product Hunt really works" article on Twitter: <person1>: Seems bad for @ProductHunt. Changes my perception of them. <link to article> Ryan Hoover: sad to hear, <person1> :( <person2>: That's all you have to say, really? Jerk. https://mobile.twitter.com/rrhoover/status/676926628979720192 https://mobile.twitter.com/rrhoover/status/67692662897972019... Someone pointed to this conversation in the OpenHunt discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10759879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10759879 -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10760462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10760462