Hacker News
What is Hacker News?
Hacker News (HN) is a social news site run by Y Combinator, focused on technology, startups and anything that gratifies intellectual curiosity. Users submit links and discussions; the community upvotes them and comments. Its front page can send a large amount of traffic in a few hours.
Founders often launch on HN with a Show HN post. The community values substance and plain language, and is quick to criticise hype.
Why Hacker News matters
For developer tools and technical products, HN is one of the most influential places to be discussed. Monitoring it shows how a technical audience talks about you and your competitors.
Related marketing terms
Show HN is a type of Hacker News post where people share something they made themselves, for the community to try, discuss and critique.
A Product Hunt launch is posting a new product on Product Hunt for a day, where the community upvotes, comments and ranks the day’s launches.
Indie Hackers is an online community of founders building profitable, often self-funded internet businesses, sharing numbers and lessons openly.
Building in public means sharing your product’s progress, numbers, decisions and mistakes openly as you build, to grow an audience along the way.