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Nika

12mo ago

What kind of lead magnets worked well for increasing the subscriber count of your newsletter?

In the second half of the year, I wanted to use some kind of lead magnet that I sent to people in exchange for their email address.

My questions are for observing purposes:

Rajiv Ayyangar

1yr ago

AI tools I'm using now

I was recently talking with a group of founders, and we went around sharing tools we're using now. Posting my notes for our community here - would love to know what else people are using!

Voice AI toolkit:

- Vapi

Tom Ideaxton

10mo ago

How do you test your products?

I'm creating a fitness app that uses AI on @Lovable, and I'm also testing it myself.

I use the app daily to check its functions, how it works, and the exercises. If I find something strange or think of something new, I record voice memos with issues, changes, or improvements. I act as both the product manager and a user. Later, I listen to these notes and make the changes.

Nika

1yr ago

 How to Product Hunt Launch during the weekend

We probably spend less time online during the weekend since we take a break from work and want to enjoy time with family and friends, go out, and relax. Understandably, fewer people are available to support our product over the weekend. Here are a few things that might help: Request follows for the "Notify Me" page well in advance. Use a more private email for notifications instead of a work email, as people are less likely to check work emails over the weekend with work emails, they ll see them probably on Monday. Send two messages to be safe: one a few days before the launch during the workweek and another right on the weekend. Engage with users who have the highest streaks those who open the app daily, even on weekends. They re more likely to support your product. Be active on social media and talk about this launch. Would you add something?

Are the chatbots pleasers?

In one of the newsletters I follow there is this quote. What do you think about it?

 Chatbots comply with the user s wish to solve the problem on their own, even when this is impossible and may make matters worse. Chatbots, in fact, are not built to help, but to please. If you feel flattered when your LLM tells you how smart your question was (I certainly do), you are not alone: a pre-print from 2025 found that all major LLMs were highly sycophantic.
Chris Messina

9mo ago

Settle this debate: should new forum posts get an automatic upvote from the OP?

Have you noticed that when you post to the forum, your posts have 0 upvotes? Wouldn't it make sense that the OP would want to upvote their own content? Asked another way, why post something that isn't worthy of your own upvote?