Paolo from Honestly

Paolo from Honestly

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Co-Founder& CEO at Honestly.
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About

Hey guys, I'm a 2x founder. First company was a bartering marketplace for collectibles (tradeup.exchange). Now the same founding team is building Honestly. Previously I was at Plug and Play. Studied at UCLA. Passion for Tetris.

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  • Honestly
    HonestlySee what Reddit and TikTok honestly think about your product
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    Joined Product HuntJanuary 13th, 2026

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The final countdown - can a bootstrapped startup get top 3 of the week?!?

We launched Honestly on Thursday and I wanted to again say that the support has been absolutely overwhelming. Thank you to everyone that has helped so far.
We placed #2 on Thursday and are now less than 10 upvotes away from securing the #3 spot of the week!
For anyone that wants to see David beat Goliath (aka the bootstrapped smaller startups beat the bigger companies), any support would be greatly appreciated!

We got #2 product of the day as a bootstrapped startup - thank you PH community!!!

What a day!

Yesterday, Honestly launched on Product Hunt and finished with 480 upvotes and 130 comments, placing us among the top products of the day.

We ultimately finished 2nd and, more importantly, we had the opportunity to share our vision with thousands of founders, marketers, and product builders who believe customer feedback should be honest and accessible.

We are thankful beyond words for the support we received

Honestly, AI has taken over the internet - we launch Thursday to fight back.

Two weeks ago, Cloudflare reported that 60% of internet traffic now comes from bots, and that number is only increasing.

Add in sponsored content and fake reviews, and it's becoming harder than ever for founders and brands to understand what customers actually think about their products, online.

After our last Product Hunt launch, we realized that finding authentic customer opinions is a major challenge for founders - and a problem worth solving.
Since then, we ve worked with dozens of customers across the U.S., Norway, Philippines, and South Korea to fight back against this growing problem with Honestly - a platform that discovers and verifies real product conversations across social media.

We're launching the latest version of Honestly on Thursday, June 18th to help as many people in the Product Hunt community as we possibly can. To celebrate, we are offering:

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