What should we build at Product Hunt?

@rrhoover little product hunt for smaller communities :) One thing we are actively looking for at 'Station F' is to share products and know what our neighbour is working on, for two reasons, we might need it, we want to help each other grow or we could be a beta tester curator. To build this community is becoming quite challenging when there are 1.000 startups on the same campus, but I believe could be solved if we had the structure of PH, a well organized listing of products and also spaces to have discussions. PH right now is way too big, so if every little hub or rich ecosystem like ours could benefit on a smaller scale, I think we could build many useful communities using pH :) i sent you a DM with this proposal btw.

@rrhoover one thing I have in mind for a while now is that it would be great to somehow re-engage with the users who upvoted my product. This would be really useful to notify them about updates, new features. This could be an opt-in feature to avoid notifications spam. This is how I imagine it: - a maker launched on a product (version 1.0) - users liked it, upvoted it - after the upvote, there would be an option to subscribe to future updates related to that product - when a maker rolls out a new feature, she/he can attach a changelog to the product - this will trigger a notification to the users who subscribed to the updates Maker goals could be involved in the process if the changelog is automatically generated by completing a goal that was connected to the product. From makers perspective, it's great because they'll have the platform to reach their target audience without building their own database. It's also great for the subscribers because they can follow the evolution of their loved products.

@rrhoover *PH API* Selfishly I'd love the ability to have an API to put more specific product comments and ratings for products inside an app like Really Good Emails where we're reviewing email / messaging / marketing specific info. *Founder Guild*. I'd love to be a part of a very specific small group of people that maybe PH curates. I'd pay annual dues to that if it meant a small private network that was exclusive an could help build authentic relationships that help me grow as a founder, businessperson, etc. *Who Uses this Product* I'd like to know what businesses use that product and if possible what their experience is. *Who can help with this product* Some products need expert implementation or management. I'd like to know people who are available for hire in that space.

@rrhoover one thing I experienced this past week was going back through all my old upvotes and "rediscovering" products that I had upvoted. I was searching for a product that I knew I upvoted a while back but was having trouble finding it. Along the way while scrolling I kept on opening up older products and checking them out again. I think there could be improvements around this organization of previously upvoted products, resurfacing older products, and searching/filtering products to find ones that I know I upvoted.

@rrhoover products have different lifecycle stages, is not fair for a beta product be competing with 10 year old upgrades. We all know that every single iPhone is going to be product of the day, we don't need producthunt for that, as your name says, we are hunting for the next big thing :) so my suggestion is to have a beta product of the day, 1rst release product of the day. Another thing is a way to launch upgrades so the community could FOLLOW a product. This will allow to use your platform to engage with possible customers. Adding a change-log to the product would allow to notify the followers. Any of this would be great for ProductHunt. Jobs, events, ask is not the path I would go but I understand why you do it.

@rrhoover Upload images in makers goals! WIP.chat and Makerlog has it so please implement it!

@rrhoover This maybe a bit wacky but ability to buy and sell products?

@rrhoover 1) Riffing on something @anildash shared on twitter this week, but a lot of product/business advice can prove unhelpful (or flat out wrong) if it doesn't share strongly aligned context. Would be cool to have some way to use a series of objective qualities (product type, stage, size, subject matter) with more qualitative goals in order to match founders/makers into smaller, highly-contextual cohorts who can lean on each other for support in a more ongoing way.

@rrhoover, PH is an amazing platform for featuring products, how about having a platform for makers while they are building the products? Would love to see a video platform for makers who work remotely on a single product! Also how about supporting no-code makers with a platform where they can consume PH data? Thoughts?

@rrhoover I like the product hunt online coworking space. I think it has lots of potential giving the number of people (like me) who works remotely. A few suggestions (which Im sure you already thought about) -Something better than the chrome plugin. Always having a new tab open isnt the best. -chat room -Profile/photo -Different channel/room to communicate? -capacity to make friends etc. -Ability to share work, give feedback, suggestion ** the pomodoro is cool but I actually only use it to share what I m working on. Its always the first thing I ask in co working space or when I work with other people "what are you working on?"

@rrhoover Product Hunt Stories. End feature. *Send suggestion*

Wow, I didn’t expect that founders would be so open to suggestions! Thank you @rrhoover for wanting to hear the community’s opinion. I would suggest considering the creation of a comprehensive crowdfunding platform that allows creators to showcase their projects and receive funding directly from the community. This feature could enhance engagement by connecting developers with potential investors and supporters. Additionally, I see a need for the following tools for feedback and collaboration: 1. Hiring and Collaboration page of a product. For example, if a startup needs developers or employees, it would be great to indicate this directly on the product card. 2. Info page for upcoming Funding Rounds of a product. With details like pitch decks and data rooms. 3. Incentives for Supporters, those who back the startups. For example, offering reposts and shares in their social media or unconditional donations to support product development. Such tools would allow the Product Hunt community to be more engaged in each other’s products. There are many ideas; it’s just unfortunate that this discussion is at the bottom of the site, and I stumbled upon it by chance. It seems something needs to be done with these open discussions—perhaps display them more prominently in user profiles or add filters on the discussion page. I would be happy to share more ideas in the future! Thank you for such a great platform!!

@rrhoover 3 different view possibilities on the homescreen of hunted products. 1) Simple view: (How it is now) (default). 2) Quick view: (with screenshots of all products under the description) for quicker browsing quality of a product. 3) Extended view: Like quickview but with first comment and hunters details for even better quality verification of the product. Have a good Road Map session :)

@rrhoover Some ideas: - I like 'Topics' as a direction to build out further. Include them in search autopopulate in the header. Tighten up the topics a bit (there's a fair amount of duplication). If we're following topics, do something more engaging with that (email/notifications maybe). - Email and/or notifications for related products. For example, if I upvoted Lyft then when someone releases/hunts Uber, let me know because Im likely to want to check it out

@rrhoover PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give users the ability suggest or remove 'related products' Most of the time the suggests are incomplete, or worse, totally inaccurate. And there is no way to suggest or downvote/flag incorrect related products etc.

@rrhoover You already have ship, so I thought why not help out makers after their product is up and running.. how about a few ancillary service pages? For example: -Growth mentorship -Crowdfunding -Investor corner - Marketing Etc. All of these can be community driven or a pack of services offered by ph. All the best for your session! 😁👍🏼

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@rrhoover - It seems to me there is still a advantage or disadvantage arising from when one posts something on PH. What about a feature that would hold all posts in a queue and release them at the same time (midnight PT for example) - unless you specify a future launch date in which case midnight PT that day?

@rrhoover More API endpoints