Show HN: I'm building a Product Hunt alternative, it's 4 days old

https://www.launching.today/

by mrsegev • 2 years ago

46 34 2 years ago

launching.today

dubesar55• 2 years ago

Why is it required and how is it different

mrsegev8• 2 years ago

For starters, it has a single list and not a "featured" list and "the list no one looks at".

Also, poroduct orders are randomized to ensure fairness and eliminate popularity contests.

And finally, no VC money that influences what visitors get to see on the home page. Simply cool products.

klntsky• 2 years ago

Good ideas. Reduces biases as well. However, are you sure real product hunters want exactly that?

vidyesh• 2 years ago

I know what you mean by popularity contests. Launching on PH has become just a game of whom you know to get the first big push.

But do you really think randomization is good thing? There is value in curation, upvotes have values, we upvote as a sign of approval, ranking based on upvotes has the benefit of visitor engagement which is not only good for your site but also the products that are highly voted!

People have very little time to engage with websites they visit daily, upvotes need to have more value than just being displayed.

Low upvotes doesn't always have to mean they are not "launched" successfully but most times those low upvotes also mean the product is bad or as you might say its not a cool product.

Etheryte• 2 years ago

There is value in curation though, no? I don't know if you've ever checked out the newest submissions list on HN [0], but a lot of it is either self-promotion, common reposts, or just clickbait. The front page meanwhile is usually pretty engaging and has a lot of good content. This is the result of people voting, flagging, etc and that curation and moderation is what makes the HN front page good. Simply listing everything that has been submitted is a race to the bottom.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newest

semanser• 2 years ago

I had a similar idea for a while. Happy to see someone is actually doing it. One of the main problems of PH is the amount of bots and fake accounts. Any plans of fighting that?

PH is still a great platform for visibility since it gets tons of traffic.

mritchie712• 2 years ago

I had a similar idea for a while. Happy to see someone is actually doing it.

what's the idea? looks like a less polished PH.

Nickydigit• 2 years ago

Neat !

A quick suggestion : maybe make products items in the list a link instead of a div with JS onClick event (or adapt the event), so that we can open them up in a new tab instead of having to click, view, and then go back to the main list ?

I'm used to opening all the stuff that interest me in a new tab and continue scrolling, then look into them once I've finished the list. Maybe other people do it too :)

mrsegev8• 2 years ago

oh that's a great idea! Thank you!

elpocko• 2 years ago

https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_semantic_elements.asp

LaundroMat• 2 years ago

This is by the way a pet peeve of mine. I see this all the time, and can't understand why people won't keep the default functionality of a simple link.

(No offense meant to the creator of the website we're discussing. It's the general trend of replacing fault tolerant browser defaults with JS that can break or removes standard functionality that bothers me).

Brajeshwar2• 2 years ago

(Neither against the makers of this website.)

But many a front-end devs these days seem to have skipped basic HTML altogether! Recently, there was https://htmlforpeople.com

Start with the default HTML, and then add the ornaments on top.

walugiaer• 2 years ago

Missed a trick:

"Show HN: I'm building a Product Hunt alternative: it's launching today"

digitcatphd• 2 years ago

Nice. I feel like PH has gotten overly commercialized.

MavisBacon2• 2 years ago

I used to love it so much but I stopped when the feed became more algorithm based (looks like they reversed much of that though). There's just a whole lot of noise to sift through now regardless. 80% of products seem end their description with "with AI". I just think the maker spirit that was previously present is hard to find now.

mrsegev8• 2 years ago

Same here buddy

maeil• 2 years ago

One of the biggest issues with Product Hunt is that more than 60% of its users are bots [1]. Any plans for keeping your alternative from ending up in the same state?

[1] https://wakatime.com/blog/67-bots-so-many-bots

mrsegev8• 2 years ago

I feel like this is a problem for later as my traffic is no where near PH. But social verification can be a good start

notachatbot123• 2 years ago

That comparison of box plots is so stupid it made me close the tab. The "bot"'s comment activity has three peaks: Morning, lunch and quitting time. Congratulations, you "detected" a human pattern.

potamic• 2 years ago

How are you thinking about monetizing and funding this in the long term?

mrsegev8• 2 years ago

Yes, eventually I'll need to sell few sponsorship slots to keep the lights on

bevan• 2 years ago

Congrats on the launch! Are you addressing any specific issues with product hunt? Would be nice to see those on the homepage, as it’s not clear from the website copy what the advantage is.

Brajeshwar2• 2 years ago

Your connection to Supabase is dropping and seems to be down for your website.

mrsegev8• 2 years ago

Yeah something is off. Thanks for letting me know!

solfox• 2 years ago

Seeing "nedanriqgjbwantecoja.supabase.co" as the site name when I attempt to log into your site. Doesn't inspire a ton of confidence.

andrewstuart• 2 years ago

There should be a site for launching product hunt alternative sites.

MavisBacon2• 2 years ago

you gave me a good chuckle!

mrsegev8• 2 years ago

brb. building :O

cristyansv• 2 years ago

It would be interesting to have a "No AI" section since Product Hunt is currently flooded with AI-only products.

sanp• 2 years ago

Is it on Product Hunt?

synotna• 2 years ago

Congrats on the launch

Please consider fixing that middle click opens in a new tab

ColinPeng• 2 years ago

It’s not a good product itself, with too many obvious bugs. The first issue was that I couldn’t log in with my Google account, and it redirected to an invalid page. After waiting for two days, it finally worked. Later, the scheduled product kept showing as pending, even though the set time had long passed.

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