You're right. Show HN is for things that can be tried out now. It's ok if people have to download an app to do that. But an email signup to get "early invites by May" does not count—it's the very thing that rule was written to exclude.

If your work isn't ready for people to try out yet, please don't put "Show HN" in the title. Once it's ready, come back and share it then. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

It's good for the community to tell us about these, since we can't notice them all. In the future, you (or anyone) are welcome to email us at hn@ycombinator.com to make sure we look at it.

I agree.. We'll soon start seeing bunch of launch rock pages in ShowHN

The difference is... they offer nothing except "we made something, sign up?!" whereas this is actually a lot different. If you read the thread, the founder is in here commenting and you can tell that there's already a working product. Polished and shiny it may not be, but this is not just empty space like most LaunchRock type pages.

First difference doesn't even count. With no offense to the founder, its easy to take part in the discussion. How can you tell that there is actually a working prototype/MVP? These wireframes can be made in proto or PSDs.

How is it a lot different? If I click the misleading "Get app" button, it shunts me down to the email capture which says that even the early subscribers won't get anything for three months.

I don't think the fact that the founder is commenting is relevant. I could chat with people about a theoretical or in-progress product quite easily.

I've flagged this submission. However much work has gone into it, GP is correct in saying that it's an email sign-up. Better for OP to wait until there is a product for people to use.

What's even worse are the people posting projects that are not their own as Show HNs. I see it all the time. Some people just think Show HN means "look what I found on the internet".

What?

> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread.

Which is what it is. It's not just an email sign-up. I think this is a perfect example of a good Show HN.

>> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread.

>Which is what it is. It's not just an email sign-up. I think this is a perfect example of a good Show HN.

Until there is more than just a website with an email signup (i.e., an actual shipping email client), then it isn't something HN users can try out or give feedback on.

Thank you for your explanation. I thought people could give feedback based on what was on the site, ask the author/creator questions/feedback in the thread. I did say it was my opinion that I thought it was a good example, but we've all got different ones!

Again, thanks for actually bothering to make an effort to let me know -- rather than the people who downvted me without bothering to explain anything. Thanks mate.