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This is an ad. Why is it at top of HN?

_trampeltier 6y ago
Show HN is allways a kind of an ad. And HN is also about startups. It's a cool idea, seems nobody did think about it before and is a kind of cool. So I think to be almost on top of HN is totaly OK for this.
- Aurum197 6y ago
  _trampeltier, thank you! We are genuinely looking for feedback! Anyway, this would be the wrong place for an ad (very few women?)
- reyqn 6y ago
  A quick search shows lots of people thought of this before https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/12/17563846/airpods-swings-earbuds-headphones-earrings-fashion https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/12/17563846/a... https://thegadgetflow.com/portfolio/combination-earbud-earrings/ https://thegadgetflow.com/portfolio/combination-earbud-earri... https://teqnizan.com/ https://teqnizan.com/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scandi/swings-bluetooth-earrings https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scandi/swings-bluetooth...
  - Aurum197 6y ago
    But no one has managed to execute it like we did.
    - reyqn 6y ago
      This remains to be seen. Good luck!
Aurum197 6y ago
unnouinceput, what makes you say this is an ad? How is it different from others showing what they have made?
- unnouinceput 6y ago
  Simple. No inner descriptions like a cool tech would do. I get that ShowHN is always about bragging something but in this case it's just a pretty woman there showing pictures of her wearing earrings that have tech inside. The difference between a pure ad and a cool showing is that the first one shows the entire face of the woman to trigger psychological buying - a technique that works on both sexes. A cool bragging would've shown only the ear, no pretty face. Hence, it's a shameless ad, that should not be atop of HN.
  - Aurum197 6y ago
    Btw, I posted the url of our first prototype somewhere in the comments. And you can't discriminate against pretty faces :) Just because our model is good looking doesn't translate to negative points on the the coolness of our product. Not that I am saying it is cool. That's upto the folks on HN to decide. But in sharing something I made, and that I am enthusiastic about, I don't owe anyone some arbitrary level of coolness.
    - unnouinceput 6y ago
      Look, I like a pretty face too. Heck I married a hot redhead and I like to see her wearing jewelry, tech or not. And good for you making to top of HN, hope it translates to good product sales. My problem is not with you, it's with HN crowd that took hook, line and sinker :). So for you personally I only have congratulations, you managed to game HN. And the amount of downvotes I received for calling it an ad it shows they still continue to chew on your bait.

Show HN is allways a kind of an ad. And HN is also about startups. It's a cool idea, seems nobody did think about it before and is a kind of cool. So I think to be almost on top of HN is totaly OK for this.

Aurum197 6y ago
_trampeltier, thank you! We are genuinely looking for feedback! Anyway, this would be the wrong place for an ad (very few women?)
reyqn 6y ago
A quick search shows lots of people thought of this before https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/12/17563846/airpods-swings-earbuds-headphones-earrings-fashion https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/12/17563846/a... https://thegadgetflow.com/portfolio/combination-earbud-earrings/ https://thegadgetflow.com/portfolio/combination-earbud-earri... https://teqnizan.com/ https://teqnizan.com/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scandi/swings-bluetooth-earrings https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scandi/swings-bluetooth...
- Aurum197 6y ago
  But no one has managed to execute it like we did.
  - reyqn 6y ago
    This remains to be seen. Good luck!

Aurum197 6y ago

unnouinceput, what makes you say this is an ad? How is it different from others showing what they have made?

unnouinceput 6y ago
Simple. No inner descriptions like a cool tech would do. I get that ShowHN is always about bragging something but in this case it's just a pretty woman there showing pictures of her wearing earrings that have tech inside. The difference between a pure ad and a cool showing is that the first one shows the entire face of the woman to trigger psychological buying - a technique that works on both sexes. A cool bragging would've shown only the ear, no pretty face. Hence, it's a shameless ad, that should not be atop of HN.
- Aurum197 6y ago
  Btw, I posted the url of our first prototype somewhere in the comments. And you can't discriminate against pretty faces :) Just because our model is good looking doesn't translate to negative points on the the coolness of our product. Not that I am saying it is cool. That's upto the folks on HN to decide. But in sharing something I made, and that I am enthusiastic about, I don't owe anyone some arbitrary level of coolness.
  - unnouinceput 6y ago
    Look, I like a pretty face too. Heck I married a hot redhead and I like to see her wearing jewelry, tech or not. And good for you making to top of HN, hope it translates to good product sales. My problem is not with you, it's with HN crowd that took hook, line and sinker :). So for you personally I only have congratulations, you managed to game HN. And the amount of downvotes I received for calling it an ad it shows they still continue to chew on your bait.