Would be cool to have a sortable section with top Bitcoin related apps/ products / companies
70 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 7 May 2022
@kr floated this idea too. It'd be great addition. Question is do we create a new post format (e.g. jobs) to make it more like product hunt or just keep it as is.
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1001 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 7 May 2022
I've changed my mind on the jobs style approach for a product board, not sure that's the right way to go anymore.
People don't really want to vote on new job listings, and there aren't any good examples of this happening on the web today (afaik) which makes it a good candidate for a purely pay-to-play auction board.
On the other hand, there are definitely people who want to vote for their favorite products, and pay-to-play ruins that fun of voting.
A Product Hunt approach makes more sense, but adding Product Hunt to the existing SN layout introduces an issue of low volume, and I worry it will leave SN looking bare.
Product Hunt only gets a few dozen Product launches each day, and they serve basically all forms of tech enthusiasts in the world.
I don't think SN would get more than one post per day right now, especially if it were to focus on Bitcoin product launches. Product Hunt also shows only 5 products above the fold on their site, while SN is close to 20.
If a product launch feature is introduced, I think it should have different characteristics from the main SN board and the job board.
However, I think it's still probably too early to introduce it, as it requires bootstrapping a new network effect from scratch, and founders care way more about Product Hunt's distribution than the ability to earn a few sats on SN.
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179 sats \ 1 reply \ @matthewdelly OP 8 May 2022
I think a new format.
PH might have been the wrong example, maybe more like yelp or review of current/ new Bitcoin products/ companies - what you mentioned in your other comment sounds great. Something that is sortable (launch date/ sector etc) - not so much about up voting with sats, I would love to be able to read bitcoiners/ experts/ people (I respect) reviews/comments about products/companies in one spot. I think having that here, will eventually bring people here as the product hunt type launch feature that people will visit to hear what new stuff is coming out.
One example: there has been some great comments on ways to earn sats - would love a post/tab where I can read in one spot what people are saying about "Bitcoin Libre"
Hope that makes sense!
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 8 May 2022
Makes sense, and a Yelp style board for companies is a really interesting idea
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @kr 7 May 2022
Yeah, agree on the need for an aggregator to filter through Bitcoin/Lightning products, the innovation in this space seems faster than ever.
Do you see yourself actively voting on new product launches if this feature were added to SN? Or would you simply like a list of them sorted by launch date, sector, etc...?
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69 sats \ 0 replies \ @matthewdelly OP 8 May 2022
replied to your comment! I think more sortable would be awesome
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 7 May 2022
@DarthCoin recently wanted to exclude all product shill into a separate channel/sub-page as well.
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @x 7 May 2022 freebie
That would be great. It's getting hard to follow all the new projects and releases.