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Why I have deleted my Producthunt account
Little variety
At this point, the Producthunt frontpage consists mostly of Notion, Low-Code/No-Code and microfinace.
Account Wall
The frontpage can now only be browsed completely with an account. After five products of the most recent day, there is an unavoidable request to log in.
Community
For the last few months there has hardly been any constructive feedback, only praise. I haven't seen any suggestions for improvement for days, only short generic congratulations that could also be written by bots.
This is the norm, seen today: https://imgur.com/a/HRnX76b
I don't mean to say that I reject the positive atmosphere, but feedback is especially important for startups and beta software. Not every launch is done in a mature state, and it's fine if not necessary to point this out.
Producthunt was my favourite site in the past. It is unfortunate that the community growth seems to be having a negative effect.
- akudha 5y agoI don’t know who started this trend of having to login to read stuff (maybe Instagram?), it is super annoying. Twitter did the same recently. It is time to create an alternative to Product Hunt. Would be nice to discover new tools without the spam and dark patterns
- unmole 5y ago> who started this trend of having to login to read stuff (maybe Instagram?) Quora?
- ffhhj 5y agoExpertsexchange
- shanedevane 5y agoI'm this old
- muzani 5y agoPersonally I got tired of being interested in something and finding out that it's not useable. The new playbook seems to be make screenshots, set up a landing page, and see if it goes viral on Product Hunt. I think the mindless praise is also because some are a part of some cohort or ring, where they all promote each other. The last time I saw something I used from PH was probably about 4 years ago and I'm still subscribed to the newsletter hoping for something new.
- kinderjaje 5y agoIt's a true, there are couple of solid cohorts/communities which are supporting each other on the launch date.
- XCSme 5y agoI don't visit Producthunt, I am only subscribed to their weekly newsletter and I find it pretty insightful. Although, even if I stumble upon many cool tools I almost never actually sign-up or use them.
- melezhik 5y agoHi! I agree it's hard to build a review/rating system that is both objective and not harsh for product authors.
- altdataseller 5y agoSounds a lot like Linkedin. It's just all "Congrats" messages when someone posts something. No substantial or meaningful discussion at all.
- high_byte 5y agoIt disgusts me how much people around me like to, in lack of a better fitting expression, choke on linkedin's dick. and even worse they will shove it down your throat too... Instagram is a better job search platform in my opinion.
- schleck8 5y agoUpdate (since I can't edit the submission): Producthunt's frontpage has been redesigned and is now accessible without an account. Great to see!
- BotMeNot 5y agoI can't say that I don't see where you're coming from, but I have to say that I got some very useful feedback on a post I made about my homepage.