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Isn't this post abusing Show HN? Since it's essentially just a marketing post and is void of all technical detail? I understand there's an essence of Show HN po
by halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
Isn't this post abusing Show HN? Since it's essentially just a marketing post and is void of all technical detail? I understand there's an essence of Show HN posts that are marketing but at least most are technically oriented in some way...
- gnicholas 5y agoThey have a live free app that you can download, play with, and give feedback on. So far so good. However, it appears you have to create an account to interact with the app at all, which is not in the spirit of Show HN. If a new startup posted a Show HN that required giving a live email address, they would be criticized for it (and most people probably wouldn’t go any further). EDIT: it would be great if one of the founders could create a dummy account that we could log in with. That's something other founders have done in the past, and it would be more in the spirit of Show HNs:"Please make it easy for users to try your thing out, ideally without barriers such as signups or emails. You'll get more feedback that way.
- afavour 5y agoYeah I kind of agree. I’m used to Show HN posts being new startups, technically interesting small projects etc, not established companies that just happen to have launched an app. Most Show HNs have an element of marketing of course but this feels like pure marketing. At least tell us something about what inspired the technical choices behind what is, let’s face it, a pretty straightforward app.
- dang 5y agoI don't think it's abusing Show HN, because they made an app and are sharing it. Actually I told them to make the post say Show HN in the first place. However, it's true that the /show page is mostly side projects, new companies, and so on. I don't think we need to push the point, so I took Show HN out of the title now.