... scrolling through my upvoted history the other day and felt a bit called out. Dozens of products I got excited about, upvoted

... trying to figure out if I completely ruined my own launch today, and I'd love some insight from anyone who has launched recently. I have been away since it turned 12am getting poeple to upvote my goal was to get #1 but failed so bad. I spent the last week prepping for this, and to get some initial momentum, I asked my existing community (outside of PH) to support us. Over 50 people have messaged me saying they upvoted

... launched a product just the other day and several people have told me they've upvoted it, but those upvotes

... After nearly 11 hours, Adomate is still holding the #1 Product of the Day spot on Product Hunt! A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. Your upvotes, comments, and feedback have helped us stay on top. If you haven't supported Adomate yet, we'd really appreciate your help. Please consider giving us an upvote

... here with lots of upvotes and launch engagement, but no reviews in the App Store, which surprised me a bit. My app is B2C in a very competitive space, and I am definitely learning the importance of marketing and positioning, but also wondering about how should a PH launch be weighed in my case. I know one of the key valuable pieces is getting early feedback, but just trying to understand how it affects B2B vs

... people shipping apps in 2026 don't call themselves developers. Curious what the real split looks like here. Upvote whichever comment fits, I'll share the results in a few days. https://slimsnap.ai/blog/who-cou... Comment from Alexander Bickov(@bickov): @bradely_charlesbois  Supporters who ship nothing this month still count. Your vote is the NOT comment, designer, PM, founder, marketer, or just someone who likes useful things Comment from Hossein Yazdi(@hosseinyazdi): Yep, I am. Started with Android development ... ... myself. I shipped my first AI product 10 years ago. As a founder, I hire myself as a developer Comment from Bradely Charlesbois(@bradely_charlesbois): definetly not the developer behind this, but I appreciate the work. I've already upvoted

... core challenge for any warm intro product. "You know someone who knows them" is weak signal. The why now + why this path + what to actually ask is what makes it actionable vs. just informational. Sounds like you're building toward the right thing. Upvoted

... most surprising lesson or realisation from your own launch? Comment from Ghost Kitty(@ghost-kitty-9684946): Comment Deleted Comment from Johnson Gill(@johnsongill): Community wins everytime. Comment from Mustafa Arian(@thenameisarian): the comments mattered more than the upvotes. people who left a real reply explaining why they cared became users. people who just upvoted

... option) Comment from Ahmad Ali(@new_user___1552026ed862935452b184c): I agree with all four of your suggestions, especially the ability to revisit products you've interacted with. I've lost count of how many times I've upvoted, commented on, or bookmarked a product mentally, only to forget its name a week later. If I could add one feature, it would be a "Follow-up" or "Watchlist" system: Remind me about a product in 30, 60, or 90 days. Show progress ... ... helping users maintain relationships with products and makers after launch day. That's where I'd focus future improvements. Comment from Lainey(@lanibuilds): the 'products i interacted with but forgot' gap is the one i feel most, i upvote

... been five days since we launched Jootle on Product Hunt, and I wanted to take a minute to say something I have been meaning to say all week. Thank you. You showed up. You upvoted. You commented. You asked real questions. You pointed at edges I had not noticed. You introduced me to people I would not have met any other way. Some of the most useful product feedback I have received since I started building this came from this ... ... comparison question at all is the kind of signal a solo founder remembers. Watching the "notable voters" list fill in with people who are themselves building real things ( Scade.pro , Raycast, others). The launch reaching working builders, not just casual upvoters

... system currently favors: Existing PH network Insiders with history Hype over real usage instead of rewarding actual product-market fit. If you really want to fix this, there has to be a better way to distinguish bought votes vs real customer support . Right now they re being treated the same, and that s the core issue. Comment from Kevin Xu(@kevin_xu01): @mikekerzhner  Appreciate the clarification! Verification seems like the most straightforward way to build 'on-chain' trust here ... ... good to know the team prioritizes quality over quantity so clearly. Comment from Landon Reid(@galax): Bought votes = rented audience. Real engagement = owned audience. We launched ReadyPermit here. The comments and conversations drove 10x more actual signups than upvotes

... that" or "I know exactly who needs that." 2. Show the pain, not just the solution. The description shouldn't lead with features. It should make the reader feel the problem first then show the product as relief. People upvote things they emotionally recognize, not things they intellectually understand. 3. Your network is your launch team but only if you're genuine. Reaching out to your community matters, but there's a difference between "hey I built something, would love ... ... your honest take" and a copy-paste blast asking for upvotes

... leaderboard and see which launch makes you stop and click first, and why ps2: This thread just got featured in today s Product Hunt newsletter under "Click logic, revealed." !! ps3: Update as of Mar 15 (thanks for the 121 upvotes and 73 replies!) A quick summary of the click logic shared in the thread: Instant clarity (name + tagline) 52% Recognizable / relevant problem 26% Visual hook (thumbnail / screenshot) 13% Social proof (upvotes

... launched Rankfender 48 hours ago, and the response has been overwhelming. Thank you to everyone who checked us out, upvoted, and shared feedback! One question kept coming up: "How do I actually win in AI search?" So I dug into our data. Rankfender has now tracked over 50,000 AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Google SGE, Perplexity, and Gemini. We've analyzed millions of citations, thousands of brands, and hundreds of industries. Here's what we learned and what ... ... schema 71% 19% Cite data sources 68% 27% Part 3: What content wins AI citations? This is the question everyone asks. Here's the data: Top 5 content types by citation rate: Comparison pages (X vs

... recently saw a marketer with 10k+ followers launch and finish 6th with 348 upvotes. They followed a proper pre-launch and post-launch plan, did everything right, and still the outcome felt unpredictable. Now I m launching @Curatora next week. I m not a marketer. I have a little over 1k followers. Of course, asking for support helps. But I also keep hearing that a large part of the Product Hunt community shows up mainly for their own launch, then ... ... testing your network. That s fine, but let s call it what it is. If PH wants to be more than a popularity contest, shouldn t ranking weight early comment quality (from active PH users) way more than raw upvotes

... blame me, I do not have a social life) :D Needless to say, a lot has changed on this platform in a year. He asked how he could repeat his success, because then he effortlessly gained over 200 upvotes. First of all, you need to understand that the rules have changed, e.g.: Featured vs

... expressing a different stance on the topic. Should regular discussion posts on PH also have a downvote button? (For now, it only applies to comments.) One thing I noticed about myself [UX/UI feedback]: I was so used to the "Upvote" and "Reply" buttons that I automatically tried to "Upvote

... launched today now we have half the amount of upvotes we had a couple hours ago. How did we lose half of them? We haven't asked anyone to upvote