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Plz Dont Hunt Me Yet

15 points by alianoelle 12y ago

antr 12y ago
PH should just let site owners add a meta tag asking to not be "hunted" (a la Pinterest "nopin")... the whole badge thing sounds like a free marketing campaign for PH.
- alianoelle 12y ago
  HAHA, Interesting point! I hadn't thought of it as a marketing campaign for them...not sure that they need much marketing :) But I did originally want a more high tech option than just badges. Incidentally, I started to just like the idea of badges as a public commitment to build hunt-worthy products.
  - antr 12y ago
    http://www.technologizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bestie.jpg http://www.technologizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/best...
    - alianoelle 12y ago
      That's an interesting point.
  - alianoelle 12y ago
    Also...I'm not gonna lie...I REALLY like saying the word 'BADGES.'
moron4hire 12y ago
What does hunting mean in this context?
- DanSmooth 12y ago
  Relates to http://www.producthunt.com/ http://www.producthunt.com/ The badge seems to "prevent" you from getting listed there.
  - alianoelle 12y ago
    I would use the phrase "strategically reschedule" instead of "prevent" :P
- Bjartr 12y ago
  Getting posted to this site I think? http://www.producthunt.com/ http://www.producthunt.com/
  - alianoelle 12y ago
    That's correct :)
genemurphy 12y ago
Good work, can't wait to check this out.
- alianoelle 12y ago
  Thanks Gene! Over coffee sometime perhaps :P
hashtag 12y ago
This idea seems extremely self serving to whomever the author of the post and the badges as I imagine only ends up making a site look extremely ugly. If you don't feel the site is ready for PH, indicate so on the site I guess but this whole needing to put a badge up and attribute credit... Talk about stupid. I mean what value does it really serve that a site owner can't do themselves that would require attribution for something like this.
- alianoelle 12y ago
  Those are all valid points. I'm definitely not a designer or a developer. The goal was more to create something myself, using tools that I'd mostly found on Product Hunt, and just get it out there: more of a doodle than a work of art :) I haven't had much to do with HTML since my 1998 Smashing Pumpkins Angelfire tribute page (imagine lots of Billy Corgan and glitter GIFs). This was a good refresher trying to get Tumblr and SquareSpace to do the fidgety things I wanted. I'm also a big fan of Product Hunt and thought it would make for a quirky homage to what they're trying to create. Is it useful? Dunno. Did it make a couple of people smile? I hope so. That was as far as I got in the planning. Don't get me wrong, I love self-serving as much as the next person, but my intention was certainly not to offend. Thanks for taking the time to give feedback, I hope the backstory is somewhat insightful.

15 points by alianoelle 12y ago

antr 12y ago

PH should just let site owners add a meta tag asking to not be "hunted" (a la Pinterest "nopin")... the whole badge thing sounds like a free marketing campaign for PH.

alianoelle 12y ago
HAHA, Interesting point! I hadn't thought of it as a marketing campaign for them...not sure that they need much marketing :) But I did originally want a more high tech option than just badges. Incidentally, I started to just like the idea of badges as a public commitment to build hunt-worthy products.
- antr 12y ago
  http://www.technologizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bestie.jpg http://www.technologizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/best...
  - alianoelle 12y ago
    That's an interesting point.
- alianoelle 12y ago
  Also...I'm not gonna lie...I REALLY like saying the word 'BADGES.'

moron4hire 12y ago

What does hunting mean in this context?

DanSmooth 12y ago
Relates to http://www.producthunt.com/ http://www.producthunt.com/ The badge seems to "prevent" you from getting listed there.
- alianoelle 12y ago
  I would use the phrase "strategically reschedule" instead of "prevent" :P
Bjartr 12y ago
Getting posted to this site I think? http://www.producthunt.com/ http://www.producthunt.com/
- alianoelle 12y ago
  That's correct :)

genemurphy 12y ago

Good work, can't wait to check this out.

alianoelle 12y ago
Thanks Gene! Over coffee sometime perhaps :P

hashtag 12y ago

This idea seems extremely self serving to whomever the author of the post and the badges as I imagine only ends up making a site look extremely ugly. If you don't feel the site is ready for PH, indicate so on the site I guess but this whole needing to put a badge up and attribute credit... Talk about stupid. I mean what value does it really serve that a site owner can't do themselves that would require attribution for something like this.

alianoelle 12y ago
Those are all valid points. I'm definitely not a designer or a developer. The goal was more to create something myself, using tools that I'd mostly found on Product Hunt, and just get it out there: more of a doodle than a work of art :) I haven't had much to do with HTML since my 1998 Smashing Pumpkins Angelfire tribute page (imagine lots of Billy Corgan and glitter GIFs). This was a good refresher trying to get Tumblr and SquareSpace to do the fidgety things I wanted. I'm also a big fan of Product Hunt and thought it would make for a quirky homage to what they're trying to create. Is it useful? Dunno. Did it make a couple of people smile? I hope so. That was as far as I got in the planning. Don't get me wrong, I love self-serving as much as the next person, but my intention was certainly not to offend. Thanks for taking the time to give feedback, I hope the backstory is somewhat insightful.