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Gregory Koberger
@gkoberger · Founder, ReadMe.io
I've had a long-standing theory that's a bit derivative of Poe's Law[1]: that it's impossible to come up with a startup parody that someone, somewhere in the Valley isn't legitimately trying to raise money for.
I found @fakeproducthunt on Twitter, and a lot of them seemed suspiciously real. And, a lot of actual Product Hunt products would have been right at home on the parody Twitter account.
So, I made a game where you guess what's a real PH product, and what's taken from @fakeproducthunt.
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[1] Poe's Law: "Without a clear indication of the author's intent, it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between an expression of sincere extremism and a parody of extremism."
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ben Watanabe
@benwtnb · 96 Problems
@gkoberger Is there a link to see the product when it's a real one?
Definitely you can't have a link pre-guess, cause it gives it away instantly, but after guessing I wanted to check out some of the products and couldn't find a link. Since there's no way to search the internet yet… or I can be lazy at times, I was SOL ;)
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Gregory Koberger
@gkoberger · Founder, ReadMe.io
@benwtnb There is! It's a bit subtle, but it's there:
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Tiffany Zhong
@tzhongg · something new! @BinaryCap @ProductHunt
@fakeproducthunt @gkoberger YESSSSSSSSSSS! This game is awesome.
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ben Watanabe
@benwtnb · 96 Problems
@gkoberger I'm dumb… clicked that and was thinking "Why is it just bringing me back to Product Hunt?"
Feeling tempted to edit my comment now, since I just pulled one of these: https://twitter.com/designuxui/s...
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Michael
@michaelv_1322 · CCO, spycob.com
@fakeproducthunt @gkoberger what are you going to do when some of fake products become a real? :D
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#Forest
@forestmars · spot.io cto
@gkoberger This so needs to be an app.
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