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Welll.... almost. Curation was done via a small group of friends. Much like Hacker News, not just anyone can come and join the fun. It's not as democratic as yo

Welll.... almost. Curation was done via a small group of friends. Much like Hacker News, not just anyone can come and join the fun. It's not as democratic as you might believe. Go submit your product and see if it's listed anywhere (even with 0 votes). Go login and try to comment. Product Hunt basically captures the buzz of Silicon Valley. It does so very, very well. That's fine. I mean it's like the celebrity A list in a sense. We like looking at these things. However, let's just keep this in perspective here. It is strongly bias curation. Whether that was something they got "right" remains to be seen. We'll see if that scales (I think the big question people have right now).

tosh 12y ago
Similar to HN & Reddit one challenge is the community life-cycle and how to keep it healthy, it's a tough balancing act. Related: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CommunityLifeCycle http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CommunityLifeCycle
SandraCarden 12y ago
"I mean it's like the celebrity A list in a sense." Well... they let me in, and I'm as far from being any kind of celebrity -- I'm truly the most ordinary person anywhere. And I'm pretty sure that I'm not in the usual demographic for a site about new tech products. I like to think that I offer a mature and wise perspective. But really, I just like to learn about tech. :)