Alexander Farr

For anyone currently job hunting, recently hired, or helping friends look for roles: what part of the process feels the most broken?

Is it finding relevant roles, knowing whether you re actually a fit, rewriting applications, getting no response, unclear salary ranges, interview loops, recruiter communication, or something else?

Hi everyone, I was responsible for a launch in November 2024 which did very well and would love to get your guidance on the main differences and best practices on how to perform well on our Product Hunt launch. As this is my own company now, would love to hear your guidance!

I noticed that the teaser pages do not exist anymore so I guess the message to audience and sharing teaser page does not make sense anymore. Any other things that matter now / differ?

Every day, after launching, makers are contacted on LinkedIn and X by people offering to sell votes. As the Product Hunt team, we are very much aware of this and really hate it. We have systems in place to neutralize this type of gaming. Every vote counts for a different number of points on Product Hunt. A couple examples:

• An account with a recently created gmail address and no history of quality contributions on Product Hunt: this vote will count for 0 points. Yes, this might be a well intentioned user, but we take a conservative approach to protect the community. If the account has a company email or applies for verification on Product Hunt, that's a different story.

• An account with a company email address linked to a legitimate LinkedIn account with a history of meaningful contributions on Product Hunt: this vote carries significant weight.

A couple questions for the community:

• Are there specific accounts on Product Hunt that you suspect participate in vote selling? You can reply here or email report@producthunt.co

• What would you want to see us do differently here?