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Unless you're posting a show HN, in which case every brother and their mother chimes in with "this is nice but here's my cloud service that does a similar thing

Unless you're posting a show HN, in which case every brother and their mother chimes in with "this is nice but here's my cloud service that does a similar thing but better" sideswipes

wruza 3y ago
Personally I find this useful, because it’s rarely just a pitch (at least I tend to assume some degree of honesty from an active HN user). Also it allows to explore a subject area even if you’re not interested right now. I often make bookmarks or simply threadshots of other products people talk about in show hns.
rewmie 3y ago
> Unless you're posting a show HN, in which case every brother and their mother chimes in with "this is nice but here's my cloud service that does a similar thing but better" sideswipes. I don't understand why you are classifying as "sideswipes" posts in a "Show HN" where others chime in to "Show HN". I mean, "Show HN" is about showing and discussing stuff, not a pulpit to worship a submitter.
rchaud 3y ago
Yeah but Ask HN is clearly marked. I don't have to click it if I don't want to see self promo stuff. With social networks, you don't get a choice at all, just an endless, unpredictable feed.
bodge5000 3y ago
I seem to remember someone saying on here that if you're looking for suggestions on something, the best thing to do is put up a half baked version of your own and watch as swarms of people come in to talk about their version. I guess it tracks as well, in general on the internet I find you get better advice claiming something is the case and then getting corrected than just asking for advice
- Forgeties79 3y ago
  Basically a variation of “the quickest way to get the correct answer on the internet is to confidently assert the wrong one.”
gnicholas 3y ago
I have mixed feelings about this. From the perspective of the HN audience, it's useful to see what other startups are serving a particular need/niche. From the perspective of the poster of the Show HN, this is probably annoying. However, it is at least marginally useful to see what the competition looks like, so you can figure out how to differentiate your product (or whether there are too many free competitors, and you should give up).
throwaway675309 3y ago
As long as it's done in relatively good faith, I'm not entirely opposed to this sort of thing. I'm especially OK with this if the OP is presenting their product as if it's the first of its kind.

Unless you're posting a show HN, in which case every brother and their mother chimes in with "this is nice but here's my cloud service that does a similar thing but better" sideswipes

wruza 3y ago

Personally I find this useful, because it’s rarely just a pitch (at least I tend to assume some degree of honesty from an active HN user). Also it allows to explore a subject area even if you’re not interested right now. I often make bookmarks or simply threadshots of other products people talk about in show hns.

rewmie 3y ago

> Unless you're posting a show HN, in which case every brother and their mother chimes in with "this is nice but here's my cloud service that does a similar thing but better" sideswipes. I don't understand why you are classifying as "sideswipes" posts in a "Show HN" where others chime in to "Show HN". I mean, "Show HN" is about showing and discussing stuff, not a pulpit to worship a submitter.

rchaud 3y ago

Yeah but Ask HN is clearly marked. I don't have to click it if I don't want to see self promo stuff. With social networks, you don't get a choice at all, just an endless, unpredictable feed.

bodge5000 3y ago

I seem to remember someone saying on here that if you're looking for suggestions on something, the best thing to do is put up a half baked version of your own and watch as swarms of people come in to talk about their version. I guess it tracks as well, in general on the internet I find you get better advice claiming something is the case and then getting corrected than just asking for advice

Forgeties79 3y ago
Basically a variation of “the quickest way to get the correct answer on the internet is to confidently assert the wrong one.”

gnicholas 3y ago

I have mixed feelings about this. From the perspective of the HN audience, it's useful to see what other startups are serving a particular need/niche. From the perspective of the poster of the Show HN, this is probably annoying. However, it is at least marginally useful to see what the competition looks like, so you can figure out how to differentiate your product (or whether there are too many free competitors, and you should give up).

throwaway675309 3y ago

As long as it's done in relatively good faith, I'm not entirely opposed to this sort of thing. I'm especially OK with this if the OP is presenting their product as if it's the first of its kind.