Thanks for doing this for all of us who make things. Indifference towards people's side projects and new startup ideas has been creeping into the HN community for the past couple of years and I find it discouraging. Personally, I'd rather read about people's Show HN posts than the latest mainstream news stories that I could find anywhere.<p>HN Showcase highlights the problem: Hardly any of the Show HN posts get voted on anymore. I think we've become more a community of critics than makers. I haven't even thought about posting Show HN's for my last couple of projects (and my current startup), where 5 years ago that would have been the first thing I did! A cool hack is worth sharing, even if it's not perfect.<p>EDIT: Actually, if you feel like me and have held back, why not use the comments section of this post to "Show HN" your project. At least in here you'll know everyone cares about side projects and maybe we can all endeavor to give you constructive feedback :)
Thank you so much for doing this. If hackernews fails to return to its roots I think it is prime time to create a spinoff community.<p>I submitted my javascript library last week and was bummed it didn't get upvoted more, even though it was well received on github. I've spent a horrible lot amount of time on it, <a href="https://github.com/amark/theory" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/amark/theory</a> if anybody is interested. And my Twitter account is the same as my username here.
I agree, the amount of Guardian articles that have frequented the front page since the 'Snowden Affair' [Almost on a daily basis - some are 'opinion' pieces ] is not what I come to HN for.<p>I would also argue most of them articles are not within HN guidelines.
At the moment I believe ShowHN posts are negatively penalized by the front page scoring algorithm, something that was setup many many years ago when HN was a completely different community.<p>Perhaps it's time to reverse that so ShowHN post get positively scored. Also maybe reduce the impact of flagging on ShowHN posts.
Thanks for posting this, happy to see this on the front page<p>Also relevant: <a href="http://showinghn.com/" rel="nofollow">http://showinghn.com/</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/JustShowHN" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/JustShowHN</a>
Thanks for taking the time to compile this. I had debated with myself whether or not to post my project to HN this week, expecting that either the comments would be very harsh on a v0.0.1 release, or that it would whiz by the "new" feed with no upvotes. Seeing my project, Fortune.js, on this list is very encouraging.
I really like the idea. In fact this is in keeping with the spirit of the idea I submitted a couple of weeks ago (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6201511" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6201511</a>).<p>It didn't pick up much traction at the time but I know (as this submission demonstrates) that the issue is one many members of the HN community would like to see addressed.<p>Part of the issue lies in the fact that HN is essentially a loose collective of special interest groups. Show HN submissions are competing not only with Main stream news (as you suggest) but also the large variety of other submissions ... and visa versa.<p>I genuinely think that a curated summary (in whatever form it may take, whether that be directory, ezine or podcast) from a couple of interesting people with different opinions would infer so much value to the HN community. Keep posting!
Hi Chris, I agree, underdogs deserve their shot at the title. I actually duplicated the functionality of Hacker News at (www.plantdietlife.com) with an emphasis on plant based diets.<p>I think one way to address the great idea you're bringing up is to use the code I have produced for PDL (voting algorithm and all) and create another site that's only for peoples personal projects. We can have some sort of verification process where the submissions have to be approved as a "personal project" to be on the home page. Once the item is on the home page we'll demand that it needs a certain amount of comments/likes in order for it to be removed and for the next personal project to appear.<p>IDK, it's just a quick idea. I look forward to seeing how this vision of yours progresses.
I think the showbot suggestion below is great - and it can be implemented with no extra effort.<p>So how about a throwaway account, so karma issues are put aside, that posts each Friday evening a thread that anyone can attach their maker projects to - a "MadeByHN" thread?
I used to get a weekly hand curated newsletter with "Show HN" projects. No idea where that guy went.<p>edit: <a href="http://www.weekendupdate.me" rel="nofollow">http://www.weekendupdate.me</a> would be great to know why it is halted.
This is fantastic, thank you for going to the trouble of doing it. I, too, would like to see HN "return to its roots" -- more articles submitted about member projects and YC companies and what they're doing.
> One vote and a comment if they are especially lucky.<p>Rings pretty true to me; admittedly, I don't participate much in comments or have a recognizable name, but my past submissions certainly fit this bill.<p>Though, when I look at the 'newest' queue [1], there are 30 posts in the last hour and only one front page. Not everybody can make it. For my part, I'm mostly curious what does, actually, make it.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newest" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/newest</a>
[off-topic] The text on the page is all exceedingly large, is that intentional? It looks like I'm being served a mobile version on my desktop. I can read the title from 20' away, and the paragraph text from 8'. It only looks "normal" when I zoom to 67%.<p>Not a huge problem, but it's annoying to the point of distracting to require so much scrolling for so little actual text. Otherwise, I love the idea and the execution.
I absolutely agree with this. It seemed the initial posting about our events website launch wasn't seen at all or by very few people. But, if this is an appropriate place to re-post, I'd love your feedback! <a href="http://planblock.com" rel="nofollow">http://planblock.com</a> and like the page at <a href="http://facebook.com/planblock" rel="nofollow">http://facebook.com/planblock</a>
Thanks for the post. I love show HN posts. I wish they fared better.<p>As an aside, I think your requirement of less than 1000 twitter followers is a bit low. I have a couple thousand followers and I can tell you that it means very little. If I tweet a link to a project of mine I can expect a ctr of about .2%.
Thanks for rising that. Let see if my new Show HN(<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6294623" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6294623</a>) will got a better audience after your post :)