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The poster of this "Show HN" seems to have zero involvement with the development of berty. I've been eagerly awaiting the release of berty for a few months now

The poster of this "Show HN" seems to have zero involvement with the development of berty. I've been eagerly awaiting the release of berty for a few months now, but they have not made public the app yet. They have a closed beta, for a few months. And their build process for the android app is complex. While berty is extremely interesting tech, I don't think it's quite ready to be on Hacker News yet.

3np 6y ago
Early-stage prototypes and weekend hacks show up from time to time - it shouldn't be expected that "Show HN"s are production-ready. Who knows, someone might just jump in and contribute.
- hnlmorg 6y ago
  The OPs point is that "Show HN" is for something the submitter is involved in. Otherwise it's just a normal submission. In this instance the title shouldn't be prefixed with "Show HN:". Aside from that, there's nothing wrong with the submission.
sirffuzzylogik 6y ago
OP here, as you said and to confirm, I am not involved with the development of Berty in any way. My understanding is also that Berty is not fully production ready yet, however I have been following the project for a while and they seem to be going into the right direction. Other HNers might also be interested and who knows, the project might grow faster with more people involved.
- Shared404 6y ago
  I believe the reason the GP brought that up is that Show HN's are typically used to show something that you've made yourself. This is an interesting topic though so a standard submission would work well.
  - sirffuzzylogik 6y ago
    Thanks for explaining, I thought "Show HN" was for any app/project to be demonstrated, not necessarily affiliated with the poster. I just (re)read the rules and I am sorry for this mistake, maybe @dang can amend the title?
    - jlokier 6y ago
      This may help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22777953 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22777953 >> @dang > The correct way to contact dang on issues like this is to write email to hn@ycombinator.com
      - sirffuzzylogik 6y ago
        Thank you, I contacted dang, sorry again for the issue.
        dang 6y ago
        Ok, we've removed Show HN from the title above. Honest mistakes are never a problem, so no worries!

3np 6y ago

Early-stage prototypes and weekend hacks show up from time to time - it shouldn't be expected that "Show HN"s are production-ready. Who knows, someone might just jump in and contribute.

hnlmorg 6y ago
The OPs point is that "Show HN" is for something the submitter is involved in. Otherwise it's just a normal submission. In this instance the title shouldn't be prefixed with "Show HN:". Aside from that, there's nothing wrong with the submission.

sirffuzzylogik 6y ago

OP here, as you said and to confirm, I am not involved with the development of Berty in any way. My understanding is also that Berty is not fully production ready yet, however I have been following the project for a while and they seem to be going into the right direction. Other HNers might also be interested and who knows, the project might grow faster with more people involved.

Shared404 6y ago
I believe the reason the GP brought that up is that Show HN's are typically used to show something that you've made yourself. This is an interesting topic though so a standard submission would work well.
- sirffuzzylogik 6y ago
  Thanks for explaining, I thought "Show HN" was for any app/project to be demonstrated, not necessarily affiliated with the poster. I just (re)read the rules and I am sorry for this mistake, maybe @dang can amend the title?
  - jlokier 6y ago
    This may help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22777953 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22777953 >> @dang > The correct way to contact dang on issues like this is to write email to hn@ycombinator.com
    - sirffuzzylogik 6y ago
      Thank you, I contacted dang, sorry again for the issue.
      - dang 6y ago
        Ok, we've removed Show HN from the title above. Honest mistakes are never a problem, so no worries!