I love that the PH folks are embracing and upvoting this project. It shows real commitment to the idea behind it all and I am very interested to see if there is room for both and how it pans out over time. In either case, good job to @jacquescrocker & @rrhoover & PH in general.
Nice to see an alternative that has the potential to be more useful for people / outsiders building things. Would love to see a community with restrictions on the types of products posted (e.g. must be freshly launched, can't be a product that's actually a list of products, etc.) so that Open Hunt has a more unique ecosystem.
Also love the queuing system idea. It definitely needs public commenting though -- a lot of depth / added value is lost without it. Great start @jacquescrocker
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Great job!
What is interesting is that, in other sites/communities, this project is receiving lots of good feedback. Only here, I see people making fun of it or trying to compare it directly with Product Hunt at its current stage.
Anyway, I don't think it's a replacement, but a very interesting alternative.
@jsneedles@rrhoover and evidently mine can't be opened or voted upon bc it was posted after the other... also I provided feedback, did you get it? It said it'd go to the maker of the product.
@jacquescrocker - how does Ryan get my feedback?
Invariably, all this about PH vs OH is really trying to solve the same problem: discoverability. Can't see why the two can't co-exist like iOS and Android.
In the end, smart entrepreneurs will find a way to get their product in front of the right audience. And those with good products will succeed in the long run.
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10x attention to 10 startups is better than 2x attention to 100 startups.
@rrhoover cares so much about products and that reflects what we are currently using every single day.
Once Producthunt is big there will be a section of hunters who may cry foul about probable products on front page, but at the end of every day there are atleast 10 startups coming out stronger, stronger.
I really like the idea of a more democratised Product Hunt. I've never quite understood why PH couldn't go the Reddit route of having votes determine who made it to the front page rather then hand-selection.
That said, you really need to focus on a niche in order to get this off the ground. Right now the signal:noise ratio is pretty bad, there's games and other random stuff in the mix. Find a theme that allows you to really satisfy one small audience, and then expand out from there.
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