Nika

What do you miss about Product Hunt?

Over the past few months, we have seen some major and minor changes here, such as:

– removal of "Notify Me" pages

– addition of downvotes to comments (BTW, did you use that when it existed?)

– or the end of endless scrolling in the comments section – they replaced it with numbered pages

Is there anything you can think of that would improve the platform? (Apart from DMs, which you keep mentioning. πŸ˜…)

[Personally, I miss a button to bookmark my conversations, or interesting/valuable comments of other people.]

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Coral Lauren

I miss the teaser pages with the Notify me button!!! πŸ’”

Nika

@laurencoralΒ Me too! But also that badge next to someone's profile that they will launch soon :)

Coral Lauren
@busmark_w_nika me too!!! I’m launching next week and it would have given me more visibility πŸ₯Ί
Nika

@laurencoralΒ When is the launch date? :)

Coral Lauren

@busmark_w_nikaΒ I am still not decided between Monday or Tuesday next week πŸ™Œ
Any suggestions?

Nika

@laurencoralΒ Tuesday usually with higher traffic. On Mondays, a lot of work meetings, so maybe less competition. I would rather have more exposure, so I would try Tuesday, but it will be hard. If you love challenges, go for Tuesday.

Coral Lauren
@busmark_w_nika The launch date is tomorrow πŸ€—
Nika

@laurencoralΒ Can you share a link? :)

Coral Lauren
Nika

@laurencoralΒ Thank you! :)

David Ryan

Dark Mode?

Nika

@hellodavidryanΒ I usually operate in light mode, so I didn't notice that. But you are true! :D This one is missing :)

PRIYANKA MANDAL

@hellodavidryanΒ  @busmark_w_nikaΒ same to you nika

Nika

@hellodavidryanΒ  @priyankamandalΒ we would be hated by coders LOL

Ross Currie

@hellodavidryanΒ  @busmark_w_nikaΒ The lack of this feature is a bit of a tone-deaf slap in the face to the PH audience.

Andrew-David

I miss when the daily feed wasn’t entirely AI slop. Everything is a chatGPT wrapper or some other form of AI-powered garbage now. So much so that my daily routine is no longer β€œbrowsing PH for the best and most creative new products”, but rather simply β€œfinding the one or two products on the daily feed that isn’t AI trash so I can upvote them, regardless of what they are.”

AI killed creativity and it’s sad. I can’t wait for this bubble to pop and this obnoxious fad to die.

Nika

@andrewdavidjΒ Unfortunately, we are in the AI bubble, and it will last for some time.

Sanskar Yadav

Bookmark button for good threads/comments!

Also infinite scroll for comments used to be nice

Nika

@sanskarixΒ yeah, I am also missing that infinite scroll TBH :D

Richard Reis

Back when your product could gain visibility without the need to be featured by Product Hunt's employees.

Nika

@richardreezeΒ There would probably be many non-innovative products tho.

Ruxandra Mazilu

The job board 😒

Nika

@ruxandra_maziluΒ True. But for now, @fmerian sometimes shares forums with job openings.

Ruxandra Mazilu

@fmerianΒ  @busmark_w_nika yess, and I think it's a great start! But the job board allowed startups to list the roles they were looking for on the perfect platform for people with a maker's mindset. Considering how hard it is for startups to find the right people to grow their teams (especially for early-stage), I'd say the job board was a really helpful addition for founders (and job seekers, ofc)

fmerian

You're spot on, and Product Forums (/p/) solved it IMHO.

Product Forums are underrated. From my perspective, they are places to talk all-things product: announcements, updates, best practices... and careers, too!

See examples with @v0 by Vercel:

Hope it inspires

fmerian

exactly. every 1st of the month in /p/producthunt, using this format:

/p/producthunt/hiring-looking-for-work-startup-roles-{month}-{YYYY}

See previous editions:

Nika

@fmerianΒ I can't wait to see more! :)

Gabe Moronta

Not sure that I would want DMs, I already have so many different platforms to keep a track of in regards to DMs, would prefer dark mode for sure, bookmarks as mentioned, downvoting, a ranking of which products were the most "collected" or saved, it's sort of another way to rank products.

For the multiple DMs, yes I know @Beeper has tried to fix this, but still buggy at times, and not completely reliable, but better than nothing.

Nika

@mogabrΒ I am not so sure whether I wanted DMs too because I would probably receive tons of messages :D Time is limited.

PRIYANKA MANDAL

I miss the Notify Me feature the most.

Nika

@priyankamandalΒ True, people could know about our upcoming products thanks to "Launching soon" badge next to the profile.

Rohan Chaubey

I vaguely remember that there used to be options for deals and consulting with experts long back.

Nika

@rohanrecommendsΒ What? When? Which year? :D

Madison Shaw

The ability to swiftly return to topics I was involved in is something I truly miss. It would be lot simpler if there was only a "saved conversations" tab. I also find that the numbered pages slow me down a little; the unlimited scroll seemed more appropriate for conversations.

Nika

@madison_shawΒ Save button for convo or following the discussion would be useful to me as well! :)

Nika

@madison_shawΒ But for now, you can follow only the forum (e.g Product Hunt forum)