Thank you for trying to take on this problem, it’s really bad though. I did a PH launch this summer resulting in a few hundred unique website views. Comments besides people I already knew were either bots or promotional. Lots of bounty hunters.
Compare that to our HN post requiring no additional lift, which resulted in ~10k unique visitors, no bots, and great critical feedback we couldn’t get anywhere else.
I do want an authentic PH! But it feels like a vanity landing page in its current state.
PH isn’t, and (hopefully) won’t ever have the gravity of a HN front page
I thought PH was great when they came out and Ryan was a super nice guy - gave my startup a small boost when PH just came out
Reality is there was never a business there in any real way that was sustainable and not subject to enshittification, so I’m not sure what’s surprising
Same exact experience. Was on the top of HN for a chunk of the day, saw a couple votes. Scanning the results above, it’s very clear there’s brigading, bots, and pay. Just look at the daily distribution.
Compare that to our HN post requiring no additional lift, which resulted in ~10k unique visitors, no bots, and great critical feedback we couldn’t get anywhere else.
I do want an authentic PH! But it feels like a vanity landing page in its current state.