LMGTFY

For people who bother you, rather than google it themselves

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For people who bother you, rather than google it themselves

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VC Puzzle

"...Let me Google that for you" is a good tagline. Been using it for years when people ask random questions over text. Actually had this as my Twitter Bio for the past few months 😛 lmgtfy.com/?q=Niv+Dror

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12yr ago

entire careers are made up of people that google things for a living that could otherwise be done by the end user or boss.

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12yr ago

Anima App

@nickgrosvenor "entire careers are made up of people that google things for a living" - talking about software engineers right? ;)

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12yr ago

@orarbel yep :)

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12yr ago

this has been around for a long time.

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12yr ago

@ChuckReynolds This has actually has been banned on Stack Overflow for years because it's considered old school and tacky, at least in Silicon Valley.

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12yr ago

Product Hunt

@mm good point, Morgan. We've changed the tagline 3 times now and I still don't think what we have now is perfect. While we encourage brand new products, sometimes older lesser known products get a lot of love. We're trying to find the right balance as "new" and "undiscovered" are subjective. Shoot me a note if you have any ideas! ryan[at]ryanhoover.me

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12yr ago

InVision

@rrhoover I vote for one of those nags that says "This product is over 2 years old", ala the WordPress plugin directory. I don't want to ban old stuff, but I feel it's somehow important that folks know that it's old. (if for no other reason that to prevent someone from sending a 5 year old link to his team and being ridiculed)

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12yr ago

@guygal A six year old website isn't a new product, just like a six year old car isn't a new car, even if it's "new to you." You wouldn't put a six year old car in a new car lot, and there shouldn't be six year old websites directly under a "best new products" heading. The concern here is quality. If people are given the impression years-old deprecated and somewhat unpopular products are new and best, then show them to their friends only to be embarrassed (@clarklab made a great point here) people will stop coming to Product Hunt, or use something else that enforces quality or at least consistency.

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12yr ago

@rrhoover It's very interesting that Product Hunters aren't shy about pointing out a product that isn't new (or isn't really a product) but are still happy to upvote. Everyone loves discovering great products even if they're older (for example, I wanted to add f.lux but it was already here), yet seeing LMGTFY at the top of a "best new products" leaderboard does somewhat take away from its reliability and authority - which seem essential for this type of community. I'm just thinking out loud here. Social voting is a big part of the product I'm working on and I use the tagline "find and decide the best of everything," which I worry sounds too much like a discovery or review engine than a social product. Anyway, if you want to stick with a "best new products" tagline, I think @clarklab has the right idea of adding some metadata to indicate when a product is an exception to the tagline.

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12yr ago