... Google Reviews TrustPilot G2 (And you d be surprised, but sometimes even Facebook helps some businesses forget to delete bad reviews from their old, abandoned Facebook pages, and thanks to that, I ve managed to avoid a few scams.) P.S. When we talk about this topic, Google Chrome just added AI-powered store summaries to help US shoppers. Comment from Piotr Kusiak(@k_piotr): Probably Reddit for some social proof, then I like to test it myself, sometimes ... ... mattopmistro , the thing is: are those valid? E.g. YouTube or websites? Because, the least, I would trust websites  you can create beautiful fake reviews there. YouTube  I know a company that turned out to be a scam

... Stormhood just launched on Product Hunt! Check it out, drop an upvote, or leave a comment to support the team: https://www.producthunt.com/prod... Have you or your friends ever lost money due to scammers on socials? If so, You're not alone. Scammers

... company and so, understandably, wants to use their role for positioning). Money(?) I'm discussing this because sometimes this status requires you to be cautious. I've come across hunted products that later turned out to be scams and unreliable companies, so I want to know if you even check them out. For those who are trying to find hunters, let's have a look here . Comment from Nitin Joshi(@nitin_joshi): Do they charge for hunting ... ... usually because it's a field I don't understand, or sometimes because I have concerns about the product's credibility or its business model. This filtering process is the best way to avoid the risk of promoting a "scam

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... reputation in them. I once had an offer from an unnamed startup willing to pay generously. They even ran ads on Product Hunt. But once I joined their Discord channel, I saw users complaining. I realised it was a scam basically a data-harvesting machine. That made me even more suspicious and cautious about companies. TL;DR: Be kind, but set boundaries. Do you have your own learnings while building your either personal or professional/business community? Comment from Suvam ...

... subreddits for user testing, Indie Hackers, entrepreneurs, even the most random communities. I was just trying my hardest to get someone, anyone, to try it. A few people responded. Most didn t. Some thought I was a scam. I d make posts and get flooded with comments accusing me of being fake, and I d reply to every single one explaining that I was just a student entrepreneur trying to build something real. It was rough. At first ...

... Chris and me and my team are working on a service called Werifyi, a new service designed to make peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions safer especially for secondhand goods and marketplace deals. Too often, buyers are left vulnerable to scams or poor experiences when trading online. Werifyi tackles this by combining verified pickup with simultaneous payment release so goods and money always change hands at the same time. No scams

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... share my experience. I built this thing I m calling ClientScope in just 2 hours using @V0.dev and I m honestly kinda proud of it! What s CLientscope? ClientScope is a simple tool I made to help people spot scams in emails. You can paste an email into it, and it uses AI to analyze the text and flag anything suspicious. It s got a cool cyberpunk UI (I m obsessed with that style, also has simple UI Mode ... ... techies), and I added a few features to make it helpful for non-techies too. There s an interactive learning library that breaks down how scams

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... using devices, etc. I have personal experience with this and I mostly taught seniors things like how to find news, how to verify the source of news, tech news (deep fake videos, etc.), finding public transport, shopping online and scams to avoid, sending emails, just to name a few. Comment from Katrina Rodriguez(@katrinarodriguez): @terabitcoins  This is so important! I teach my parents about how to avoid scams

... everyone I'm Mat, founder of SecureAlias. I come from an enterprise security background helping businesses stay safe from breaches, scams, and spam. But what I kept seeing again and again... was how individuals were left exposed. Everywhere we go online, we're asked for our real email and it s become a single point of failure for tracking, targeting, and hacks. I built SecureAlias because I wanted an easy, powerful way for normal people (not just techies) to protect ...

... distinguish fiction from reality. The precision of AI images has advanced to the point that even professionals (graphic designers, video-makers) are sometimes not 100% sure of their authenticity. This also brings the possibility of more sophisticated ways to scam people. How do you fact-check whether information (text, image, video) is not AI fraud but reality? How do you perceive the fact that large companies like Meta and X have cancelled third-party fact-checking services and are using ... ... Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @kirill_golubovskiy  You are true about that, but then take into account fines the social media or entity can face when there is some information faux pas  let's see META vs

... design of the Images/Media I used. I also copied the design from other successful products. I just added my touch, colours, product info, etc. The structure, though, you can copy. It is clean and straightforward. Don't buy scammers upvotes. I was watching my launch closely, and a couple of products got banned because they did just that. Make sure your first comment on your launch page is clear and explains the product's value and the problem it solves ...

... Hello everyone! My friend s mother lost around $40K on a fraudulent crypto investment. She believed she had found a golden opportunity and risked all her savings, only to be devastated when the scam unfolded. Witnessing her pain and financial loss, I both a coder and a cybersecurity specialist realized something had to change. That's why I created StopScam: Scam

... products (e.g. from ProductHunt). You do not have to lose your money very quickly. Since I've been a first-time user in the past, it's often taken a few risks. And yes, there have been scams, TL;DR: I've been scammed

... timoschuk): Perfect for daily use, second to none, but the overall support in case of emergent need is really poor. Someone hacked my account a year ago and no messages sent to the support via multiple channels (emails, socials, scam bot) were viewed or answered.... So even if you get premium account it doesn't bring any benefits by mean of security support at all. So the only way to secure your account is to add cloud password, even though ... ... knows if that's 100% guarantee of any potential scam

... product didn t even work. There was no person I could contact. Suspicious. I m surprised how many people launch products this way, even on Product Hunt, because, with these steps, such a product feels more like a scam than a serious business. If the business is not supposed to be a scam

... work by implementing a new policy that requires all transactions to occur on their platform, aiming to create a safer and more efficient marketplace for design services. Key Takeaways Dribbble now mandates on-platform payments to reduce risks like scams and improve search relevance for designers The platform has introduced new advertising products like Promoted Designers and Display Ads to help designers generate leads Platform fees range from 2-5% for clients and 0-3.5% for designers, with potential ... ... gone, or simply not enough. Comment from Chris Messina(@chrismessina): @syswarren   @rrhoover  yeah, I think the questions are: Is this what the community wants? Are these fees reasonable? Does this move Dribbble to become more of a competitor

... Hello all, new to product hunt. I am the co-founder of kweeqpay here in Canada. We are building kweeqpay to solve the online scam, and lack of trust problem faced by individuals, small businesses transacting online, especially in low trust environments like buy and sell groups, social media, online marketplaces. I would love to connect with any folks in Canada here that want to give us feedback, intros, etc Comment from Brad Harris(@bradharrs): @sosochukwuma , really interesting. Building trust ...

... Brainstorming is one of the most popular ways to generate ideas for new tech products. I have also used SCAMPER. But I would like to know if you have any other structured idea generation techniques ...