Product Hunt
Productivity
product discovery
SHOW HN2014
360points
101comments
#33of 2,272 in 2014
Top 2%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
31 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 15 critical, out of 65 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Design: 2 for, 9 againstIdea: 10 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good discovery of new products and useful curation
From 4 comments
The way that Product Hunt has been helping me to discover new products is by the collective curation, by people that provide a lot of insight and are users themselves, just as it…
gabsong on HNProduct Hunt is addictive and fun, but also useful. I've found a few cool things that I've used right away, and more that I've bookmarked for later.
byosko on HNMy favorite aspect of PH is that it cuts out the fat of TC/HN/Pando and sheds light on the products we, the people, deem worthy of praise.
jtzou on HNThe way that Product Hunt has been helping me to discover new products is by the collective curation, by people that provide a lot of insight and are users themselves, just as it…
gabsong on HN
Quality of feedback and community
From 3 comments
Had one of my apps featured on PH and was amazed at the quality of feedback. Ryan himself wrote a detailed review and a designer from Pinterest pointed out a UI flaw I'd never…
drum on HNHuge congrats to Ryan & team for getting this out there. It's a great, focussed source of news on product launches that might not provide incredible traffic (yet) but that…
gozmike on HNPH has been a pretty great resource for me. There aren't enough hours in the day to keep up with every company that launches. Quality > quantity any day of the week.
colbyh on HN
Objections
Product page layout emphasises names over descriptions
From 3 comments
I think the big interface problem with the website is that it makes the user work extremely hard to figure out what the hell each product is about. I don't think there's any…
kmfrk on HNIt's an example of poor design; the font color and weighting draws the eye straight to the product names and away from the descriptions, which are the real meat of what the site…
aaronem on HNThis may feel a little harsh but I do agree with the sentiment. I loaded the site, skimmed through a bunch of product names and had to go back and read the much less emphasized…
spoolphiz on HN
Invitation-only and contributor limits block participation
From 3 comments
I liked it... But it is still invitation only, and so far I never got invited for anything invitation only and I end forgetting it and never using it.
speeder on HNI have a user account but when/how can I post something?
callmeed on HNWe're currently limiting contributor growth as have a few changes we need to make to the product to scale. If you're interested, please add your info here and we'll send you an…
rrhoover on HN
Mobile experience and page performance
From 2 comments
Tease? I was just wondering if you'll improve the mobile experience - because now I have to scroll through a big header, newsletter signup, tweet button, the voters avatars and…
lovskogen on HNMy scrolling experience was really laggy... as if images were constantly loading in the background slowing the page. But it's a nice site otherwise.
gregorkas on HN
Requests
Tagging and browsing by tags or categories
From 3 comments
Congratulations on getting this out there. My favorite hacker news posts are always Show HN so this is really cool. I love seeing what other people are working on and having a…
avalaunch on HNThanks! Hacker News and "Show HN" is responsible for some of the market validation and product design of Product Hunt. While we want to keep the product simple and useful, we do…
rrhoover on HNI have been enjoying PH for awhile - congrats on the launch and getting the word out. I would say that sometimes it is a little overwhelming to get through every service, and I…
EGF on HN
RSS feed
From 3 comments
RSS feed?
hownottowrite on HNSomething I can put in my feed reader (rss or atom)?
charlieok on HN+1. looks great, but I'd love to have a feed to follow. I tend to forget about this kind of thing if I don't subscribe.
recurser on HN
Threaded comments
From 1 comment
very cool! I'd prefer comments to be threaded though. Congrats!
findjashua on HN
Questions
How are contributors chosen?
From 1 comment
I like Product Hunt, I've been visiting it several times a week since its launch. Question for Ryan, how are the contributors chosen?
namenotrequired on HN
How to submit a product
From 1 comment
how do I submit a product I found?
notastartup on HN
Alternatives named
Hacker News Show HN
From 2 comments
Congratulations on getting this out there. My favorite hacker news posts are always Show HN so this is really cool. I love seeing what other people are working on and having a…
avalaunch on HNExactly what i wanted! I actually deliberately scan for Show HN posts because even the half-baked ones are often very inspirational. Congrats!
volaski on HN
Headlinr
From 2 comments
Congrats Ryan! You've done an amazing job so far. I launched http://headlinr.com/ last Thursday, had no clue about ProductHunt :(
zvanness on HNThese new product discovery sites are awesome, been spending a lot of time lately on ProductHunt and Headlinr!
kalier on HN
App Store for discovery
From 1 comment
The way that Product Hunt has been helping me to discover new products is by the collective curation, by people that provide a lot of insight and are users themselves, just as it…
gabsong on HN