đ„ Get more points by launching on Alpha Day
Weâre trying something new on Thursday: Alpha Day.
The idea is simple. If this is the first time youâre launching your product anywhere, you can tag it alpha and get a boost to your points (and land on a special leaderboard).
This is for the genuinely fresh stuff. The products that are just getting out into the world. The ones that still need feedback, still have rough edges, and are way more interesting because of it.
Weâre also putting more weight on comments. So if you try an Alpha product and leave a thoughtful comment, it matters more. And if youâre a maker, jumping in and commenting on other Alpha launches can help you too.
Basically: launch something new, try other new things, leave real feedback, and make each otherâs day.
If that sounds like your kind of chaos, get your launch in by tomorrow midnight PST.
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I tagged alpha but I do not see any boost to my points. Did I do something wrong? Where is a special leaderboard?
Why is Pennies-AI not marked with the Alpha tag? This is my first launch, and I chose this day specifically due to the email I received about alpha launch day.
Will it make a difference? if every one comes in with the same number of high boosts, how do you actually tell whats good and whats just a result of the boost? I love the idea of bringing new products to the forefront but is this the best way to do it I wonder ?
The Alpha Day feature is not working for me. Why is my product not showing up or being recommended to others?
OpenOwl
When is the next event of this type?
@aaronoleary will you run this every Thursday now or was this a one-time test?
Lets add to the barrage of questions also this: Is this going to become a standard for thurdays or just a one off? Asking since my first launch is up next week and I got something very special for a product.
Hello Aria
Alpha Day is a great concept â giving indie builders a dedicated spotlight makes a real difference when big-tech launches otherwise dominate the leaderboard.
We launched Hello Aria on April 10th (AI assistant for WhatsApp/Telegram, ~3k users). The launch energy on PH was incredible and the community feedback directly shaped the first week of post-launch iteration. Special days like this would have been even better for us â it is exactly the type of audience who would get what we are building.
For anyone on the fence about launching on Alpha Day: do it. The signal-to-noise ratio here is much higher than a standard launch day.
Alpha Day is honestly a great idea. Early launches usually get ignored because people expect polished products, but the best feedback comes when things are still rough and evolving. Weighting thoughtful comments more also makes the community feel less like pure promotion and more like actual collaboration.
Iâd love to see more experimental tools launch this way, especially in spaces moving fast like image ai api products where real user feedback matters more than perfection on day one.