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As CM30 suggested, the "going away" message is awfully vague. Calling the site an "experiment" might be an interesting way to forgo actual considerations like u

by bt3 11y ago

As CM30 suggested, the "going away" message is awfully vague. Calling the site an "experiment" might be an interesting way to forgo actual considerations like upkeep costs, but the fact remains that this "experiment" ended too early and without much reason. At first, it seems at though Product Hunt legal went after them, but the fact they're offering to hand off the domain and the codebase itself suggests otherwise.

ikeboy 11y ago
Yeah, should have used shutdownify https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10088229 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10088229
- bt3 11y ago
  Oh the irony of a shutdown-service shutting down.
  - ikeboy 11y ago
    That was satire, in case it isn't clear.
jacquesc 11y ago
Nope, we didn't have any legal issues. Product Hunt was actually pretty supportive (and listed us https://www.producthunt.com/tech/open-hunt https://www.producthunt.com/tech/open-hunt).