App developer calls for transparency at Product Hunt, decrying hidden role of power users, some with financial conflicts, in promoting products to front page
How Product Hunt really works — It starts with a mystery — Earlier this year, having devoted countless hours to creating my latest app … Tweets: @steveklabnik , @sabrina , @jonathoda , @kanyang , @_jdkanani , @jkkorn , @jsneedles and @benjiwheeler Tweets: Wannabe Kernel Dev / @steveklabnik : When you think something is a market but actually it's a command economy http://medium.com/... http://twitter.com/... Sabrina Majeed / @sabrina : wait wait wait... r u saying tech is NOT a meritocracy? http://medium.com/... Jonathan Edwards / @jonathoda : Surprise! Product Hunt is yet another Silicon Valley insiders clique http://medium.com/... Joey Yang / @kanyang : product hunt masquerades as a meritocracy in the same way silicon valley does: http://medium.com/... http://twitter.com/... Jaynti Kanani / @_jdkanani : “They emphasize aspects of the process that are open to anyone—belief in...”—@benjiwheeler https://medium.com/...186-412.g0y2s7n9f ... pic.twitter.com/qMFHBnToYk Jonathan / @jkkorn : I ♥ PH, even though ... “Select users can post directly to the front page...”—@benjiwheeler https://medium.com/... Jeff Needles / @jsneedles : @benjiwheeler @ProductHunt It's their right to keep it opaque. Annoying to see people's assumptions as fact, esp when they bear negativity. Ben Wheeler / @benjiwheeler : It's absolutely their right to keep things opaque. And it's our right to compare our observations. https://twitter.com/...