In reply to Jonathan Howard’s comment on “Ryan Hoover”
Jonathan Howard
@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
@rrhoover A few things come to mind:
1) By default, community still gets to submit whatever they like as it works now
2) ProductHunt "embargoes":
- Allow users to "reserve" URLs they don't want hunted yet. This would only available to makers of that product, and behind the scenes, would involve the same verification that currently exists for marking someone a maker of a product.
- A reservation expires after a reasonable amount of time, so people can't just park things arbitrarily.
- To a ProductHunt user who submits that URL, the submit form would display an error message saying something like "Good find! But the makers have said they're not ready for prime time, and requested we don't hunt this just yet."
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