[goeric]

Startups are hard. I don't know Ryan personally, but he really started PH as barebones as possible and grew it to millions of uniques. Without being on the inside, you have no idea the pressure or stresses he was under. Why are people so critical when they see a startup exit for less than a billion dollars? I am sure it's a huge learning experience for him and I congratulate him and wish him the best.

[taytus]

I love entrepreneurs, I just love the people overcoming all the obstacles and following their dreams and passion and just hustling and hustling until they succeed. They are plenty of stories like this. PH was far from a meritocracy. It was basically a forum with SV insiders and people trying to "get in" in that ecosystem. But it was totally rigged, so that's the opposite of a tool who supposed to democratize access to exposure. I don't believe people are hating on this, most of us just are just shaking our heads.

[danenania]

I understand this criticism and would love to see a more accessible version of PH find success, but exposure is in its very essence extremely non-democratic. Very few have the time or desire to check out even a tiny fraction of the thousands of new products that are created every day. People rely on filters, and those filters are always going to require some sort of barrier to access that leaves out many, many more than it features.