Ask HN: Does a Product Hunt launch still matter when upvotes can be bought?
We launched our open-source dev environment manager Daytona on Product Hunt today. While our upvote numbers and ranking (currently lingering around #3-#4) have remained steady, we've noticed some bizarre activity from other products.
Using the hunted.space dashboard, we can see upvote counts and rankings fluctuating for certain products in a way that doesn't seem organic. It looks like Product Hunt may be cracking down on vote manipulation tactics and correcting inflated numbers. This is obvious from the dips in the upvote graph.
This makes us wonder if the Pay-to-Play tactics of buying upvote services and inflating rankings was getting out of hand on Product Hunt.
Have others in the HN community noticed this as well? Product Hunt seems to be actively identifying and correcting products that use shady methods to game their system. But maybe not hard enough?
It's great to see Product Hunt taking measures to preserve authenticity. However, is PH now considered passe?
Using the hunted.space dashboard, we can see upvote counts and rankings fluctuating for certain products in a way that doesn't seem organic. It looks like Product Hunt may be cracking down on vote manipulation tactics and correcting inflated numbers. This is obvious from the dips in the upvote graph.
This makes us wonder if the Pay-to-Play tactics of buying upvote services and inflating rankings was getting out of hand on Product Hunt.
Have others in the HN community noticed this as well? Product Hunt seems to be actively identifying and correcting products that use shady methods to game their system. But maybe not hard enough?
It's great to see Product Hunt taking measures to preserve authenticity. However, is PH now considered passe?