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Re:Product Hunt isn't dying, it's becoming gentrified by elawler24 on Monday September 30, 2024 @03:49PM (#41701294)
Thank you for trying to take on this problem, it’s really bad though. I did a PH launch this summer resulting in a few hundred unique website views. Comments besides people I already knew were either bots or promotional. Lots of bounty hunters.

Compare that to our HN post requiring no additional lift, which resulted in ~10k unique visitors, no bots, and great critical feedback we couldn’t get anywhere else.

I do want an authentic PH! But it feels like a vanity landing page in its current state.

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Re:Product Hunt isn't dying, it's becoming gentrified by AndrewKemendo on Monday September 30, 2024 @04:21PM (#41701663)
PH isn’t, and (hopefully) won’t ever have the gravity of a HN front page

I thought PH was great when they came out and Ryan was a super nice guy - gave my startup a small boost when PH just came out

Reality is there was never a business there in any real way that was sustainable and not subject to enshittification, so I’m not sure what’s surprising

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Re:Product Hunt isn't dying, it's becoming gentrified by throwawayha on Monday September 30, 2024 @04:05PM (#41701486)
The next version of PH is likely being built now and be the next curve of growth the existing one hasn't done yet.
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Re:Product Hunt isn't dying, it's becoming gentrified by dbreunig on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:28PM (#41711471)
Same exact experience. Was on the top of HN for a chunk of the day, saw a couple votes. Scanning the results above, it’s very clear there’s brigading, bots, and pay. Just look at the daily distribution.
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