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

[Nickydigit]

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 :)

[Brajeshwar]

(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.

[LaundroMat]

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).

[mrsegev]

oh that's a great idea! Thank you!

[cristyansv]

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

[maeil]

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

[notachatbot123]

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.

[mrsegev]

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

[semanser]

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]

> 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.

[Brajeshwar]

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

[solfox]

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

[mrsegev]

Yeah something is off. Thanks for letting me know!

[ColinPeng]

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.

[bevan]

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.

[andrewstuart]

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

[mrsegev]

brb. building :O

[MavisBacon]

you gave me a good chuckle!

[walugiaer]

Missed a trick:

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

[digitcatphd]

Nice. I feel like PH has gotten overly commercialized.

[MavisBacon]

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.

[potamic]

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

[mrsegev]

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

[synotna]

Congrats on the launch

Please consider fixing that middle click opens in a new tab

[dubesar55]

Why is it required and how is it different

[mrsegev]

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.

[sanp]

Is it on Product Hunt?