> It shows that devs think that what they’ve created is good enough to post on HN
Not exactly right I think. Many of them are attempting to create a money tree and HN is seen as a place for marketing. These accounts have very little understanding of the HN community and what it takes to do well here. They have heir claw spam reading the common advice for doing well on HN without understanding the nuances of those points.
I do agree with the author, for a subset of showhn, that the quote is likely accurate.
> It shows that devs think that what they’ve created is good enough to post on HN
Not exactly right I think. Many of them are attempting to create a money tree and HN is seen as a place for marketing. These accounts have very little understanding of the HN community and what it takes to do well here. They have heir claw spam reading the common advice for doing well on HN without understanding the nuances of those points.
I do agree with the author, for a subset of showhn, that the quote is likely accurate.
Also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045804
Is Show HN dead? No, but it's drowning (arthurcnops.blog)
522 points | by acnops | 15 days ago | 440 comments