What 1,000 attendees at Product Hunt's happy hour show about tech culture and the company's future
Over 1,000 people showed up to Product Hunt's massive happy hour — The Product Hunt happy hour crowd in the outdoor half of 620 Jones — Credit: Taken by Carmel DeAmicis for Gigaom Tweets: @kim617 , @ericnewcomer , @stevesi , @panzer , @bplewis , @gigastacey , @mims , @ryanlawler , @mathewi , @howardlindzon , @fromedome and @semil Tweets: Kim Pham / @kim617 : cringe cringe cringe RT @MikeIsaac: the bar is pretty low in the city by the bayhttp://gigaom.com/... http://twitter.com/..." Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer : The line at the @ProductHunt happy hour is literally insane. This is just one leg. Someone compared to iPhone launch pic.twitter.com/5eCoubvtrF Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : .@producthunt brings together products/makers w/passionate community, sometimes a lot of ppl show up to happy hour. http://www.techmeme.com/... Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : “People feel like they have to be a part of it but they're not sure why.” https://t.co/NC2JwTLFKN Tech! @bplewis : I think it's really cool of Product Hunt to host this SXSWi Party Prep Event: https://gigaom.com/... Stacey Higginbotham / @gigastacey : There's an inherent contradiction in Product Hunt's business premise. @carmeldea explores it in a solid story https://gigaom.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : Tech's geek culture is being overrun by beautiful people and social climbers, reports @carmeldea https://gigaom.com/... Ryan Lawler / @ryanlawler : There's a weird inflection point that happens when small communities become large and geeks become groupies https://gigaom.com/... Mathew Ingram / @mathewi : “A man interrupts to show off his social app, before being interrupted by another man wearing an ironic t-shirt” https://gigaom.com/... @howardlindzon : In 1999, it was a bubble as the bankers showing up to telco parties..now its just a party for products http://stks.co/i1bgy $qqq Dan Frommer / @fromedome : Reason 346 not to live in SF: “Over 1,000 people showed up to Product Hunt's massive happy hour” https://gigaom.com/... @semil : “Tech has gone mainstream and Product Hunt is the water cooler where the cool kids hang out.” https://t.co/hCI85FYc14 via @gigaom