This is brutally honest and really valuable to see the actual numbers. The 416 upvotes → 10 users → 0 paying customers conversion is eye-opening. It confirms what I've been hearing about Product Hunt's effectiveness declining significantly.

A few questions if you don't mind sharing more: - Did you do any pre-launch list building or was this a cold launch? - What was your follower count going into the launch? - Did the LinkedIn spam at least come from your target audience, or was it completely off-base?

I'm launching Cal ID (a scheduling/identity tool) on Product Hunt next Monday, November 10th, and I'm seriously reconsidering the strategy after reading this. Would you recommend doing anything differently, or should founders just skip PH entirely at this point and focus on Show HN and direct outreach instead?

Thanks for sharing the real data—most people only share the vanity metrics.