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Ask HN: Show HN vs. Product Hunt
I feel like this new ShowHN feature is to try to get people back to posting products on Hacker News as opposed to posting on Product Hunt. What is everyone's thoughts.
- minimaxir 12y agoProduct Hunt is apples-and-oranges compared a front-page HN article. I'm surprised that people keep drawing comparisons between the two.
- sejje 12y agoIt's being compared to "Show HN" which certainly isn't the same as the front page.
- lipanski 12y agoProduct Hunt is mainly focused on actual products, some of them pretty mature, while Show HN has also been about small pet projects / weekend projects / experiments. I like them both, but as a developer I'm actually more curious about the experimental side of Show HN projects. I totally see your point, was my first thought as well, but Product Hunt hasn't really got me away from HN, it's more of a side dish.
- dang 12y agoA Show HN feature is something people have been asking us for for years, and was always at the top of our list (or near it: mobile-friendly markup is the other big contender). The reason it's coming out now is that the new Hacker News team is getting up to speed now.
- rrhoover 12y agoPeople haven't stopped posting products to HN because of Product Hunt but I believe this will encourage more of it and may draw more attention to product launches on the site.
- aguha93 12y agoMost people post on both Hacker News and Product Hunt anyway, and they probably still will.
- bunturedempter 12y agoI see both of them as complementing each other
- krapp 12y agoI'm sorry to be that guy but... what's Product Hunt?
- jlteran 12y agohttp://www.producthunt.com/about http://www.producthunt.com/about this link should tell you everything there is to know about Product Hunt.
- percept 12y agoMy thought is: awesome, the new, clearer guidelines make Show HN friendlier and more accessible!
- coryl 12y agoShow HN has been around for a while, just never had its own tab.