A lot of bots! PH should only consider people with verified LinkedIn.
Neel Patel
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I see a lot of fake profiles on PH nowadays. I hope they do something about it. How many of you feel the same?
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Thomas@thomas_l1
As an I AI language, I agree with you.
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How do you spot bots?
@charlie_choi3 Sometimes i see replies to my comment "As an AI Language model, i cannot... " haha
@charlie_choi3 @diana_iun You're right! How some products always peak at the top is even more surprising!
@charlie_choi3 It's not very hard to see the patterns!
@diana_iun that nervous moment when you use an AI-generated pic because it’s fun to do and not because you’re a bit 😂
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Also those two guys who automatically click the "Notify" button of every single teaser as soon as it comes out: it's a little bit embarassing.
Definitely agree. PH should consider some sort of verification, as I keep seeing more of them each time.
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@summia_shafique lol'd. Seeing the new balloon, so maybe you got lost on your way to a different post :) Maybe not the best to paste here under this specific topic. (Unless it was a joke haha.)
@steffenschulz the OP is about spam/fake profiles/bots, and this comment does not fit that discussion.
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I agree, but maybe instead of LinkedIn, some other verification method would be better, I don't think everyone would want to use LinkedIn
I am seeing a lot of bots from Dallas. Their intro look same and they are nowhere to be found on internet by their name.
And also a small work on the way people upvote products...
There's always great products down in the rankings.
It should be about the quality/ value proposition but not because one has a great community.
@mathis_vella That's one of the most important things to evaluate immediately.
@mathis_vella Yeah, agreed.
I think to participate in daily product voting and commenting, accounts should have had to be active (upvote/community participation) for the last 2-3 days.
Otherwise, I've seen huge audiences essentially get mobilised to create a bunch of accounts and upvote haha. No bots needed.
@neelptl2602 Not a Linkedin user, I have an account but I don't want to be active on it.
You are right but there should be some other way of verification.
Yes, I completely agree, but there should be some other way as well, Only Linkedin is not a good option. As, some people don't use it as much in saas as much they prefer building on X.
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How can we not block the way for new users and cause mistakes while fighting bots?
I support the idea of having some measures to verify that only genuine people and not bots can access Product Hunt, but I don’t think using LinkedIn profile as a criterion is wise, because LinkedIn might block the profile for various reasons that they find valid.
Exactly, this approach could definitely enhance the quality of discussions and more on the PH as well.
That's true, but I believe there might be alternative approaches to LinkedIn that work even better.
Absolutely! It's crazy how LinkedIn has become a verification badge for professionals globally in the last years!
Agreed. Should they take the X example and charge $1?
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