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This is the only product I've ever looked up on Product Hunt and I only looked it up because I was wondering who was giving them positive reviews. It appears th

This is the only product I've ever looked up on Product Hunt and I only looked it up because I was wondering who was giving them positive reviews. It appears that Product Hunt is a growth hacker den and I guess they 'hacked' it with bots. There does appear to be a lack of quality control for reviews on that site - which I guess is Product Hunts own version of growth hack. I think this is why people are retreating to cloistered private communities where users can have a higher degree of confidence that they're interacting with real people.

godelski 1y ago
Fair enough. I've been even been considering dumping HN for months, and is my only refuge left. Can't seem to find anywhere I can have strong confidence I'm talking to real people anymore. Dark Forest I guess...
- cjbgkagh 1y ago
  I've been finding comfort in old books and have largely given up on interfacing with humanity. Hacker news the last place I regularly frequent and it is getting noticeably worse as time goes on.
  - jaberjaber23 1y ago
    what's up guys, take it easy. Just to clarify: I didn’t add any reviews myself. I’m building this SOLO and barely have time to finish the product, let alone fake comments. I wasn’t even aware of the Product Hunt stuff until people here pointed it out!!!! I just put the product out there for anyone who wants to try it for FREE and share feedback. I already have a good number of real users, and they’re happy with it
    - godelski 1y ago
      We're not talking about you or your project. We're talking about a bigger problem. Sure, you're kinda contributing to it but so am I with my research. We're more concerned with how people are abusing the technologies. Sure, I don't like vibe coding, but I'll let the security people explain that one to you. Really my issue with vibe coding is that I don't think we should be shipping products that are below TRL 6 and vibe coding is really around 3 or 4.
    - cjbgkagh 1y ago
      You've taken on one of the most difficult problems in tech and yet you become indignant when you've not been given sufficient deference. You have not yet demonstrated that you have earned it. Perhaps if you were not aware of the reviews then you shouldn't be linking to them from your website. As an aside, I don't care how hard you have worked, that's not relevant to me when assessing if I should use a product.

godelski 1y ago

Fair enough. I've been even been considering dumping HN for months, and is my only refuge left. Can't seem to find anywhere I can have strong confidence I'm talking to real people anymore. Dark Forest I guess...

cjbgkagh 1y ago
I've been finding comfort in old books and have largely given up on interfacing with humanity. Hacker news the last place I regularly frequent and it is getting noticeably worse as time goes on.
- jaberjaber23 1y ago
  what's up guys, take it easy. Just to clarify: I didn’t add any reviews myself. I’m building this SOLO and barely have time to finish the product, let alone fake comments. I wasn’t even aware of the Product Hunt stuff until people here pointed it out!!!! I just put the product out there for anyone who wants to try it for FREE and share feedback. I already have a good number of real users, and they’re happy with it
  - godelski 1y ago
    We're not talking about you or your project. We're talking about a bigger problem. Sure, you're kinda contributing to it but so am I with my research. We're more concerned with how people are abusing the technologies. Sure, I don't like vibe coding, but I'll let the security people explain that one to you. Really my issue with vibe coding is that I don't think we should be shipping products that are below TRL 6 and vibe coding is really around 3 or 4.
  - cjbgkagh 1y ago
    You've taken on one of the most difficult problems in tech and yet you become indignant when you've not been given sufficient deference. You have not yet demonstrated that you have earned it. Perhaps if you were not aware of the reviews then you shouldn't be linking to them from your website. As an aside, I don't care how hard you have worked, that's not relevant to me when assessing if I should use a product.