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We actually tried the "Reddit for products" model about a year before PH and failed. They did a much better job cultivating a community and their site looked mu
by tyrw 9y ago
We actually tried the "Reddit for products" model about a year before PH and failed. They did a much better job cultivating a community and their site looked much better, so I'm not surprised they had better success than us. We also allowed anyone to submit.
Anyway long story short, about 90% of what was submitted was objectively terrible, to the point that it made the entire site feel dumpy. Much more so than your standard terrible content because it had the added negative of trying to sell something. I don't know if PH started that way or not, but if we had continued it was clear that a high level of curation was needed.
- iisbum 9y agoPH has always limited who is able to post things, primarily for this reason. I know people have called them out for being elitist, but they have always been very responsive to their community about posting things people make when you reach out to them. Yes it requires a little bit of work (and a good product), but it's not really hard if you want to take advantage of what PH offers. [Disclaimer: I'm a big fan, and very active user of PH for a few years now]