[ChangeLog] December 11 — Leaderboard redesign, mobile @-mentions

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👉 @-mentions now have autocomplete on mobile —Tag your friends to bring them in on the conversation!

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👉 New launch-day dashboard for makers with social link tracking — Track your points and ranking over the course of the day and see which social posts are bringing you the most support.

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👉 Redesigned leaderboard with points — The leaderboard now displays points, which are based primarily on upvotes with comments as an additional factor. Points determine the ranking. In the past we’ve displayed upvotes, which are only one component of the ranking, and this caused lots of confusion (”Why is my launch ranked lower than a launch with fewer upvotes?”).

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👉 Renamed "Topics" to Launch Tags" to be more descriptive — We have two main taxonomies at Product Hunt. Launch Tags are topical tags like AI, Productivity, iOS app, Open Source, Audio that are relevant for launches. Your product hub (which contains all your launches) belongs to one or more Product Categories. These are organized by use case, to help people find the best product for them. E.g. Code review tools, AI databases, SEO tools.∫

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Good updates, Rajiv! We missed the changelog. 😊 I really like the new launch-day dashboard with the improved analytics. Many PH Makers used to visit Hunted(dot)space to track and compare launch graphs, so it's great to see graph comparisons integrated natively into the PH launch-day dashboard itself. Two quick questions: 1. I noticed the verified profiles feature. Will there be an open verification process soon, or is it currently limited to PH staff only? 2. Do you have any insights into how upvotes translate into points? I also noticed that all products on the leaderboard start with 50 points instead of 0 or 1. Thanks for sharing these updates!

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1yr ago

Product Hunt

@rohanrecommends Verified accounts will be rolled out to all users early in 2025.

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1yr ago

@mikekerzhner Thanks for sharing, Mike! Looking forward.

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1yr ago

SocLeads

I launched a month ago and got over 800 upvotes. Now I only have 193 points. That's 4 times less than upvotes and my community is very upset. Why is there such a big difference? Can you recalculate?

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1yr ago

@gorns Same here, but on a smaller scale. We have 100 upvotes but only 60 points. I've also noticed that many comments dissapeared and I'm not sure if people just delete them or is it some technical issue.

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1yr ago

Raycast

@gorns @karl_mechkin or maybe they were removed because the anti-spam algo killed them?

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1yr ago

@chrismessina Some of them probably, but some comments that dissapeared were well structured and on point.

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1yr ago

Raycast

Finally! Glad to see the clarification around "Launch Tags" vs "Topics". Still needs refinement, but a welcome improvement. Please expand the social link tracking to include Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon. Very curious to see how points will work for amplifying the actually best products...!

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1yr ago

Thanks for sharing this! @rajiv_ayyangar The post-launch dashboard is a great addition! So is the differentiation of points and upvotes. The UI changes need to be made still.

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1yr ago