Some context for those who haven&#x27;t followed this in the past week:<p>1. There was a controversial Medium post 6 days ago accusing Product Hunt&#x27;s ranking system of being unfair amongst other things.<p>&gt; How Product Hunt really works (medium.com)<p>687 points by brw12 6 days ago | 222 comments<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10739875" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10739875</a><p>2. Then the same day someone started a signup sheet to build an open version.<p>&gt; Let&#x27;s Create a Better Product Hunt (docs.google.com)<p>222 points by BetterLaunch 6 days ago | 98 comments<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10741827" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10741827</a><p>3. Then someone built and launched it.<p>&gt; Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt (openhunt.co)<p>1072 points by mhurwi 3 days ago | 176 comments<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10759879" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10759879</a><p>For most of the day on Friday, Open Hunt sat at the #1 spot on Product Hunt, and Ryan Hoover was a good sport about it.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.producthunt.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;open-hunt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.producthunt.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;open-hunt</a>