This is a great comment but I need to reply to one mistaken assumption:
> I hope you are psyched this post hit the first page
It didn't hit the front page organically; we place Launch HNs for YC startups on HN's front page. This is one of three formal things that HN does to give something back to YC in exchange for funding it. The other two are job ads and displaying YC founder names in orange to other YC founders.
I'd like to open this feature to non-YC-startups in some way. It's not clear yet how to do that. Also, it would be hard to scale: we do a lot of editing to help founders write about their startup in a way that we think the community will find interesting. That's time consuming and we don't have a lot of spare resources.
That said, if anyone is planning to make a post like that which you would like some feedback about, you're welcome to email [email protected] and ask. Just please understand that we can't reply right away—the inbox is constantly piling up (and a bit higher each time it does).
dang, thanks for clarifying. I had a friend with a bed company years back with no affiliation do a Show HN and it must have organically trended. I didn't know you guys did that, and it makes sense that you do. I have no idea how you would open it up because then it would be like Product Hunt on steroids with 1,000+ inbound requests a day.
Just to be clear: there's a big difference between "Show HN" and "Launch HN". Show HNs organically trend. Launch HNs are for YC companies only and we place them on the front page.
> I hope you are psyched this post hit the first page
It didn't hit the front page organically; we place Launch HNs for YC startups on HN's front page. This is one of three formal things that HN does to give something back to YC in exchange for funding it. The other two are job ads and displaying YC founder names in orange to other YC founders.
I'm sorry this wasn't clear. More explanation here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
I'd like to open this feature to non-YC-startups in some way. It's not clear yet how to do that. Also, it would be hard to scale: we do a lot of editing to help founders write about their startup in a way that we think the community will find interesting. That's time consuming and we don't have a lot of spare resources.
That said, if anyone is planning to make a post like that which you would like some feedback about, you're welcome to email [email protected] and ask. Just please understand that we can't reply right away—the inbox is constantly piling up (and a bit higher each time it does).