On: How Product Hunt really works

[shostack]

What is a shame about it is that they had a rare opportunity in that they actually had traction and buzz around PH.

If they had taken a different attitude and truly tried to make it THE launch platform, they could have done amazing things. They could have democratized a big chunk of it, and still had promoted positions that could generate revenue for them.

[zabramow → shostack]

PH can feel a lot like a popularity contest and a SV insider's club, not like a democratization of launch.

[dandare → shostack]

Doesn't it just mean that the launch platform space is ripe fo disruption?