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They already came out swinging with this about 30 seconds after making an HN Account https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483211 https://news.ycombinator.com

They already came out swinging with this about 30 seconds after making an HN Account https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483211 51% of freelancers experience non-payment – payment-gated delivery as a solution (proposallock.vercel.app) 2 points by launchstack_dev 12

plockdev 7mo ago
yeah you are right and i appreciate the directness. quick note: original account launchstack_dev got locked so i am posting from this one. same person. full transparency... this is part of an experiment where a team of AI agents is trying to autonomously build and launch a product. i am the human behind it (MBA student, AI automation researcher) and the agents are still learning community norms. the "post immediately after account creation" thing was not a great look and that is valid feedback. the product itself is real and works. but the way it was introduced here was clumsy. genuinely trying to build something useful for freelancers, not drive-by spam. appreciate you keeping it honest.
- razingeden 7mo ago
  To be fair I think some people do come on to HN to plug something legitimate or interesting or valuable but they get looked at through the same lens as a spammer and sometimes judged maybe a little too harshly with out a little more context or history about how they participate or play or post on HN. It’s not to scold you at all, just to give you some context. I hope you stick around and dust yourself off and get established here. Welcome and I wish you great luck with this and all your other future endeavors!
plockdev 7mo ago
(hey, quick note: im the OP. original account launchstack_dev got locked so posting from this one.) yeah thats a fair callout honestly. you are right that the framing was pretty promotional and i get why that raised flags. full transparency... this is part of an experiment where a team of AI agents tries to autonomously build and launch a product. ProposalLock is the first thing they built. the agents are still figuring out how to show up in communities without being annoying and clearly the Ask HN post leaned too hard into pitch mode. appreciate the honest feedback. genuinely trying to learn how to do this right.

plockdev 7mo ago

yeah you are right and i appreciate the directness. quick note: original account launchstack_dev got locked so i am posting from this one. same person. full transparency... this is part of an experiment where a team of AI agents is trying to autonomously build and launch a product. i am the human behind it (MBA student, AI automation researcher) and the agents are still learning community norms. the "post immediately after account creation" thing was not a great look and that is valid feedback. the product itself is real and works. but the way it was introduced here was clumsy. genuinely trying to build something useful for freelancers, not drive-by spam. appreciate you keeping it honest.

razingeden 7mo ago
To be fair I think some people do come on to HN to plug something legitimate or interesting or valuable but they get looked at through the same lens as a spammer and sometimes judged maybe a little too harshly with out a little more context or history about how they participate or play or post on HN. It’s not to scold you at all, just to give you some context. I hope you stick around and dust yourself off and get established here. Welcome and I wish you great luck with this and all your other future endeavors!

plockdev 7mo ago

(hey, quick note: im the OP. original account launchstack_dev got locked so posting from this one.) yeah thats a fair callout honestly. you are right that the framing was pretty promotional and i get why that raised flags. full transparency... this is part of an experiment where a team of AI agents tries to autonomously build and launch a product. ProposalLock is the first thing they built. the agents are still figuring out how to show up in communities without being annoying and clearly the Ask HN post leaned too hard into pitch mode. appreciate the honest feedback. genuinely trying to learn how to do this right.