I’ve used Product Hunt for years and always believed it was a place where real community support mattered. But our recent launch made me question whether the platform still reflects genuine engagement.
We brought more than 4,000 real users, received over 150 thoughtful comments, and added hundreds of new followers. Yet only a small fraction of that showed up in the final score. Many of our users told us their comments or reviews never appeared publicly, even though they could see their posts when logged in. That was discouraging for people who took the time to register and give real feedback.
It increasingly feels like Product Hunt heavily weights long-time PH accounts while discounting thousands of real supporters who join for the first time. The result is that a smaller group of insiders can outweigh a much larger external community. That doesn’t feel like discovery anymore.
Support responses were generic and didn’t explain what actually happened. I even tried raising this in the forum, but the post never passed review despite being factual and non-abusive.
I still believe Product Hunt could be an important platform for makers, but it needs far more transparency about how votes, comments, and trust weighting work. Real users shouldn’t feel invisible. And founders shouldn’t leave launch day feeling confused about why genuine engagement doesn’t count.
Right now, it’s hard to tell whether Product Hunt is still serving makers — or slowly drifting away from what made it valuable.
Product Hunt
What AI code assistant should I invest my time in? @Cursor? @Claude Code? @opencode? Something else?
I can download and try all of them. There are around 4,931 AI code editors out there, and I’ve tried about 27% of them.
But trying a product for a day or two doesn’t tell the full story. Living with it for months or years does. I started using Cursor almost 2 years now. Then I switched to @Windsurf. Then I ran Claude Code inside Windsurf. After, I used Claude Code inside Cursor. And now I am (mostly) back on Cursor. With Cursor, I know the upsides (in-editor shortcuts and diffs fantastic), the downside (Auto model mode is so verbose), and the history (Agent mode wasn’t there in 2023). If someone is interested in trying Cursor, I can answer in depth questions (yes, sometimes I force gpt-5 on a particularly tough problem) to help them decide if they should try Cursor or an alternative.
That’s exactly what In-Depth Reviews aim to do: capture the hard-won, practical knowledge living in people’s heads. There is a Cambrian explosion of software thanks to AI assistants. Since you are reading this and you are a Product Hunt community member, you are an expert in at least one software product you love. Write a detailed review for it. Or write a review on Product Hunt Reviews (inception, I know). We would love to hear what you think.
@mikekerzhner Hey Mike, Rajiv and team, love the new update!
Makes me feel like PH reviews are now becoming as detailed and authentic as those on G2.
How does Product Hunt ensure that the community members leaving reviews are actual users or customers of the product? G2, for instance, offers an optional prompt to upload a screenshot for verification.
Product Hunt
Leaving a good review is a huge service to the community, so we put our heads together and used a little AI magic to make it as easy as possible. The feature I'm most stoked on is the Q&A section, where we distill the key questions from the community, based on reviews and forums. Pro tip: press the 🔄 to generate a new question.
Let us know what you think!
SlashPage
@rajiv_ayyangar The new review feature is amazing! It’s so useful for both people looking for the right product and those building one. I love it! I was thinking — what if makers could display the reviews written about their products directly on their landing pages? It’s often hard to collect new reviews on G2, so making Product Hunt reviews visible could add a lot of value for both makers and users.
Product Hunt
Good reviews help everyone. They make it easier to find great tools and give makers valuable insight into how people use their products. That’s why we built in-depth reviews, so it’s easy to leave a good review that captures why you use a product and what makes it worth recommending.
minimalist phone: creating folders
Reviews could help to build trustworthiness (and this platform, esp. the review section, could be equal to G2, Capterra, Google reviews etc.). What I like the most are pros and cons (in the review section) btw :)
Product Hunt
@busmark_w_nika I love what the team did here with the Pros & Cons + the AI summary. My long form reviews my start popping up now in some launches hehe. Thanks for the love, Nika!
Product Hunt
Before even being part of Product Hunt I would constantly come to the site looking for the opinions and thoughts of makers in the tech curious. Now discovering and capturing legitimate reviews from makers, founders, and actually users of all the tech products not only got insanely easier but wayyy better. The context is so much better.
You'll actually find the reviews helpful... and leaving a review much more guided and thoughtful vs a thumbs up. Comment on some products you think I should try out and leave a review for and share some of your reviews in the comments!
Lancepilot
Triforce Todos
I’ve stuck with Cursor for 6 months, and totally agree, the diff handling is unmatched.