Product Hunt has added a shortcut to create a "New pro tip" to its "Submit" menu — expanding the types of content members can create on the platform.
https://www.producthunt.com/protips/new
Product Hunt has added the ability for members to add #ProTips to product hubs — smart!
https://www.producthunt.com/newsletter/23061-just-the-pro-tip
Product Hunt has turned topics into hashtags in the leaderboard!
Product Hunt has redesigned their Advertising page with a focus on reaching early adopters.
Product Hunt is now enforcing its 2MB per Gallery image limit.
They really need to add support for SVGs and maybe even PDFs.
Product Hunt has announced Categories:
"Categories are what your product is or what problem it solves. (AKA, not AI). Topics might include general industries, specific features, technologies, or keywords (like AI)."
https://www.producthunt.com/stories/announcing-product-categories
You can also see how the submission process is being updated to support this new two-tiered system.
Handy for ad targeting!
Product Hunt is in the process of migrating from Topics to Categories
Additionly, Product Hunt has added a new request for a review above launch discussions for previously launched products.
Now when you upvote a product in the Product Hunt leaderboard, you're asked to leave a review.
Interesting...! Product Hunt has added three filters to its leaderboard — spicy things up in the daily competition.
Product Hunt is now incentivizing "helpful reviews", defining the characteristics of constructive reviews and identifying traps to avoid:
**Trap #1: No context reviews**
**Trap #2: Inauthentic reviews**
**Trap #3: A$$hole reviews**
Relevance: for launches >30 days, the maker comment and launch discussion is now locked behind a tab, and Reviews are shown by default.
https://www.producthunt.com/stories/review-challenge-make-a-maker-s-day
It appears that Product Hunt is now letting sponsored posts use experiment with multiple taglines. (Not available to conventional launches)
Wild, Product Hunt is leaning into the stories format (awkwardly) to collect more votes for the weekly product contest. https://youtube.com/shorts/6QdTZZpeihA?feature=share
#newproducthunt #StoriesEverywhere #notifs
Wait, what is Product Hunt saying here?
"Let's be real, nobody's got time to scroll through endless lists of products, trying to catch up on what they've missed. That's where "The Pulse" comes in - a new app feature that showcases the hottest products of the previous week. By keeping a finger on the metaphorical product pulse, you'll also have a say in who wins the "Product of the Month" award."
Product Hunt is now listing "Reviews from Your Friends" as a sidebar component.
Product Hunt is now highlighting the topics a product launches in.
Product Hunt has added tabs to switch between "Launch Discussion" and "Reviews" — highlighting the maker's request for feedback.
Looks like in fixing spam, @ProductHunt tanked its feed! 😵
Product Hunt has redesigned its navigation — retiring Building in Public, Topics, and Collections.
Upcoming Products is now Coming Soon; Time Travel and is now Launch Archive.
Product Questions and popular product categories have been elevated.