As the chief complainer about Product Hunt, I appreciate that transparency is out front-and-center, with clear documentation on how your service aims to avoid the same pitfalls.<p>That being said, it reminds me of another service with the same goals: Ello, who <i>also</i> said they were not going to take venture capital. We know how that turned out.<p>I mentioned in the threads that a Hacker News&#x2F;PH competitor may not be better mechanically. There&#x27;s still a lot of work that needs to be done there, particularly with ranking algorithms.