@vaishnavs That's a cool way to discover products. Tbh, We really didn't think in that angle while building it, but really glad to hear about this. Thanks for sharing Vaishnav π
Thanks a lot @vaishnavs π€
we didn't think about that angle at all, it seems like a good idea. We will try to add some of their products to the profile pages soon.
@chrismessina The original value of ProductHunt when it launched was that it was CURATED by a select group of Hunters, who were the only ones that could post projects and only hunters or makers could comment. As the site grew, PH opened it so that anybody could submit projects for review in an effort to democratise, but while they didn't hide it, it wasn't super obvious to everyone that there were two classes of user (those that could post to front page directly, and those that went in the queue)
That misunderstanding led to that big "takedown" piece, which forced PH to make the whole process really open, and sort of let everybody in. This in itself is not a problem, but in addition to diluting the value of the curation, it also opened the door for a whole bunch of negative behaviour.
Like, pick any day of the week, go to the top 3-5 projects, and there's one guy who's been posting a genericc "congrats on the launch" comment on the top comment (usually the maker's) every day for like the last 2 years. And most of the comments are just generic positivity that I'd argue don't add real value, especially the ones where the person obviously haven't or wouldn't try the product.
And I'm sure that's not the worst of it.
Personally, I'm not a fan of getting e-mails from strangers asking me to "support their project" on launch day. I'm pretty easy to find on Twitter, and practically get zero replies to my tweets. Seems like it would be pretty easy for people to ingratiate themselves with me.
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