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The use of the PH forums and how we approach them

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The Product Hunt forums have been up and running for about a month, so I think if we use this platform and this particular section daily, we could get a little used to it.


Here are some observations from me, but also your side:

👉 Mine:

  • I currently don't know how to insert a post or video into the forum. In the older format (discussion), I was able to insert it via "img src" tag.

  • Some comments under forums are not showing up for me (I didn't get notifications for them and dunno why) – I just found them after a few days because I checked them manually.

  • I have to say that it's much better with AI replies – the number of bots is at least reduced under my posts.


👉 Your observations:

  • You lack the ability to search your discussions by entering keywords via the "Search bar."

  • Some claimed that their discussions were not confirmed and they don't know why, because according to them they didn't violate .

  • Self-promotion and Introduce yourself forums supposedly don't have as much as General.


🤔 Do you have any other observations and suggestions for improvements?


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I'm all for inserting pictures and even videos into the discussion, it would make the text here so much more interesting!

I think the self-introduction forum should be sorted by 'new' as the default.

Chronological order could make sense. But tbh, I am not using this "subforum" so much.

I’ve noticed the same issue with comments not showing up or getting notifications super late. Thought I was just missing replies, but turns out I had to manually go back and check discussions to find responses I never got notified about. Definitely something that could be improved. The missing search function for discussions is also a big one. I’ve had moments where I wanted to reference a post I saw earlier but had no way of finding it again unless I remembered who posted it. Would be great if PH could add a proper search/filter system for forums.

 One thing that I also have is, that when someone replied to my reply and I see it in notification, I cannot answer in that notification which makes the process longer in time. 😬

Indeed, I like every one of your questions, they are all very valuable!