Why does not Product Hunt have message feature?
Rohit Kota
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Any one from PH team - please add the feature based on the likes this discussion gets
Hi everyone, wondering why Product Hunt does not have a feature to message people here - would have been so helpful to discuss with fellow PH hunters/makers - right now would need to find them on LinkedIN and reach out which is painful!
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Mathis Vella@mathis_vella
Something I wondered too! would be great to have that
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Might be they don't want to bring this feature to keep people away from spam messages asking for upvotes.
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@ruhi_singh__ Agree. Also if people want to be found they would have their LinkedIn profile on their account (like I have) - quite easy to add and they nudge you to add it when creating a profile on PH, so if it's not there maybe people don't want to make it as easily accessible.
@ruhi_singh__ makes sense - would adding a filter for not allowing links/specific works shared help?
Maybe it's a way to fight bots and not let them fill your inbox with spam, but yeah, it's not a great way to deal with this problem.
@burmistrov any other solutions we can suggest? like filtering out links or specific words or certain activity?
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It would definitely be a lot better than trying to find people that you met on PH on LinkedIn
It would be annoying for the makers I guess.
a million dollar question :)
It would be amazing! Although I'm guessing they don't put it there because they don't want everyone spamming each other for upvotes
I think it's simply not the goal of this platform, most people leave their socials in their profiles so you can connect there, but I also wonder what's the actual reason behind it
Sometimes I get 15 cold DMs from PH people on LinkedIn. I couldn't imagine my inbox here 🤯
Great Question, I think this is because the platform is dedicated to product hunting and not meant for casual messaging. Introducing messaging features could dilute its uniqueness, making it similar to other social media platforms.
I think to preserve the originality of the product, they are not adding this feature.
People began to communicate on other social networks to conduct their business on PH. If there was such an opportunity, it would save time.
The reason Product Hunt doesn't have a private message feature is likely because its primary focus is on highlighting and discussing new products and innovations. It's not intended to be a full-fledged social networking platform.
While messaging someone on LinkedIn can be a slow route. It's forces you to actually network outside of PH which is better for your business in the long run! Growing your LinkedIn is always helpful;)
It's probably a lot of effort to implement and difficult to moderate.
It will require a lot of A.I. to maintain so I think it will be expensive.
good point. a messaging feature could foster deeper convos and connections.
but also: potential for spam? moderation challenges?
product decisions are tricky. trade-offs everywhere.
still, direct communication can be super valuable. hope they consider it.
maybe they still trying to figure out how to deal with the Spammologist... 🤔🤔
@erick_philbert makes sense - would adding a filter for not allowing links/specific words shared help?
@rohit_kota yes, i think that might help, and they can limit number of a messages someone can send monthly...
@erick_philbert yeah nice idea and also have a report flag where someone can be banned from messaging for a time period based on reported activity so that their is incentive not to spam
oooh mate. honestly? probably so that men on here don't dm women with inappropriate pics like they do on LinkedIn
It would be fantastic! The reason they probably don't put it there, though, is that they don't want people to spam each other for upvotes.
@lucy_cox1 yeah, makes sense - they can have some limitations within messaging to handle it?...