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Pros
Pro Excellent potential for gaining traction
HN has a large, established community. It's ranked 1,644 worldwide on Alexa, even higher than Product Hunt which is ranked at 3,563. A successful showing there can bring with it a large following.
Pro Anyone can submit, no review process
There are no arbitrary hoops to jump through on HN. Everyone is free to post there as long as you follow the guidelines. The submission are judged simply by the users via votes.