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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   There were a lot of guys at the Apple + PH event a few weeks ago, as with most startup/tech events in San Francisco from my experience.
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   I see. Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing that cross my "Product Hunt" search column on Twitter. That's not the first time someone has promoted their own product in that way but from my knowledge it's uncomm
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   Product Hunt started with my startup friends -- mostly guys, not dissimilar from Silicon Valley in general. You're absolutely right that Product Hunt needs more gender diversity and it's something we're working on. This topi
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   I (founder of PH) have the same question re: "Almost all of the people commenting on PH work for PH." You can see the list of people that are or have worked on Product Hunt on our about page ( http://www.producthunt.com
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   What were they tweeting exactly and why were they messaging people that voted for the product? We have seen founders reach out to people that upvoted on Twitter, thanking them for their support but that's different than what Austen de
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   HN and reddit are a lot more sophisticated with managing spam and abuse than we are today. They also have staff 100% focused on those challenges. We'll get there! :)
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   Thanks for the feedback -- I too really like the conversations with founders/builders. I'm actually testing threaded comments in staging right now (might release today) and soon after we are adding a "badge" next to the
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   FYI, The 3 startups I tweeted about are confirmed. I've spoken directly with the investors.
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   by rrhoover 12y ago

   I hear you, willu! Currently the product isn't ready for completely open comments. It will get unwieldy if there are 100+ comments on each product and we don't have the team to handle potential spam yet. We're in the proces
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    There are 600-800 VC's on Product Hunt and I know of at least three deals that have been sourced through the site: 1) Taptalk + SV Angel 2) Fitbay + Steadfast Ventures 3) Move Loot (YC) + Index Ventures And I'm sure there are seve
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    What Every Major Silicon Valley Investor Is Using To Find The Next Big Thing(businessinsider.com)

    2 points by rrhoover 12y ago|1 comments
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Thanks, zefi :)
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    "But every time I visit your site I feel like I'm treated like a second class user." This is certainly not my intention. You make fantastic points, avalaunch. We're in the middle of adding threaded comments, upvoting,
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    It's true many of my startup friends are on Product Hunt. I trust that they will add useful contributions to the site because I know them. But the majority of the people (95%+) aren't my "friends" per se. The communit
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Hi, gk1! I realize it's not very clear right now (sorry about that). Currently a small number of people have access to post and comment to: (1) control the quality of submissions (if everyone had access it would be all self-promotion
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Glad to hear, instakill :) We're in the process of making changes to the product to scale the community and will be opening it up slowing afterward. Please add your name here if you'd like to be notified: http://bit.ly
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Thanks, cmadan! Lots of work to do but I have some good people helping. More on that later!
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Good feedback! I was just chatting with a founder earlier today about this topic.
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    I appreciate that, Jason. I hope Product Hunt can help both large VC-backed startups and some kid that built a cool product, get the attention they deserve. It's early but we're seeing examples of this already. It's exciti
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Agreed. Product Hunt and HN share a lot in common (and in part, HN inspired PH) but they're not competitive. They have different audiences and longer term they will look much different from one another.
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Great questions, incision! Product is somewhat vague. On Product Hunt you'll find a variety of "products" from mobile apps, to websites, to chrome extensions, to electronics. The loose definition is intentional so that the
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    I love that Romain referenced PG's Do Things That Don't Scale essay. That's exactly how Product Hunt has grown. Tons of emailing, tweeting, etc. and when it comes to building a community, being personable is the best way to
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Big fan of Taptalk and Onno. It's remarkably fast and the one-to-one emphasizes personal communication.
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    100% agree, pumpkinattwelve (btw, awesome username, sir/ma'am). I started Product Hunt ( http://producthunt.co , essentially a "Hacker News for products") and the popularity of "Show HN" is one of the
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Thanks, Dan! :)
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Best Product Hunt AMA yet.
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Thanks, Maxime! You and the Algolia folks have been awesome supporters. :)
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    This isn't exactly what you're describing but you might be able to use Sqwiggle for this. They have an API you can hack on.
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Thanks, ASquare. :) I've been inspired by the startups I mention in the post and a few people in particular: Joel from Buffer, Sandi from Quibb, and Danielle from Mattermark.
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    by rrhoover 12y ago

    Thanks, Jon. :) You're right, the feedback given by the Product Hunt community is unique and not representative of the average consumer. Since they are the users of the product, their feedback is highly relevant; however, like all peo