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This is not how Cursor got their moment. They built credibility gradually by continuing to develop the product and regularly sharing it in different spaces (Twi

by tomhow 3mo ago

This is not how Cursor got their moment. They built credibility gradually by continuing to develop the product and regularly sharing it in different spaces (Twitter, GitHub, probably elsewhere). If a project has already been on HN and has set off a flamewar, you don't get a better outcome by submitting the same project under a different URL the following week. You take the feedback and think about how to improve the product or the messaging, then try again when it's changed enough to be worthy of another shot at the front page.

arhamshahrier 3mo ago
i do agree with you, however, i would say thats the path that we are trying to take as well. we took the flamewars' feedback very seriously. since then, the system has had major work, we crossed 20k+ installs, and we reframed what the project is actually for. i am sure you also saw how the old framing leaned on getting past bot detection, which reads as enabling abuse. we have tried really hard to move past that, and making it so that it turns into a product thats enabling growth of the web. also, the post last wekk was about an open soruce engine, this is the infra layer that enables 1000x of what that did. on benchmarks regarding stealth, speed and usability, we now beat all major providers. what hn is goated precisely because ppl here are real, and the last weeks feedback helped us grow a lot. we are hoping that exponentiation keeps happening.
- tomhow 3mo ago
  Ok, but you need to wait more than a week before asking for the attention of the HN audience again (it really needs at least a couple of months at least, to allow time for a the memory caches to clear), and if friends/related accounts upvote and comment, it only does harm to your credibility and reputation. You need to stop treating HN as a game to hack, and instead treat the community with respect.

by tomhow 3mo ago

arhamshahrier 3mo ago

i do agree with you, however, i would say thats the path that we are trying to take as well. we took the flamewars' feedback very seriously. since then, the system has had major work, we crossed 20k+ installs, and we reframed what the project is actually for. i am sure you also saw how the old framing leaned on getting past bot detection, which reads as enabling abuse. we have tried really hard to move past that, and making it so that it turns into a product thats enabling growth of the web. also, the post last wekk was about an open soruce engine, this is the infra layer that enables 1000x of what that did. on benchmarks regarding stealth, speed and usability, we now beat all major providers. what hn is goated precisely because ppl here are real, and the last weeks feedback helped us grow a lot. we are hoping that exponentiation keeps happening.

tomhow 3mo ago
Ok, but you need to wait more than a week before asking for the attention of the HN audience again (it really needs at least a couple of months at least, to allow time for a the memory caches to clear), and if friends/related accounts upvote and comment, it only does harm to your credibility and reputation. You need to stop treating HN as a game to hack, and instead treat the community with respect.