Product Hunt

@mention @rajiv_ayyangar Love this update! How do you plan to keep these discussions active and engaging after the initial launch buzz fades?

@mention @cheyenne_edwards1 I'm open to suggestions! What do you think we should do as a community to build some buzz? We have a series of AMAs planned for the next couple weeks, which I'm very much looking forward to! The first one's coming up today - featuring serial founder @amir_ashkenazi from @Airtop - #1 yesterday!

@rajiv_ayyangar Congrats to Rajiv and the PH team! This is such an exciting and impactful update to Product Hunt! :) Many makers tend to leave the platform after their launch, but forums can give them a reason to stick around, engage with their supporters, users, and customers. Here are a few suggestions that could make forums even better: 1. Assign Moderators or Product Leaders: Each product forum could have assigned moderators or product leaders (either the makers or power users) to keep things active and engaging. 2. Search Functionality: Adding a search bar to forums would allow users to search threads using keywords, making it easier to find relevant discussions. 3. Highlight the Option to Start a Thread: On a product's page, it’s not immediately clear that users can post in that specific forum unless they click “Start New Thread” on the left sidebar. Moving this option below the product banner might make it more prominent. The buttons could then be: Visit Product, Follow, and Start a Thread. 4. Sort Options for Product Forums: By default, the displayed forums could be sorted with options like latest threads, most discussions, or most followed. 5. Better Thread Distinction: On topic forums, the design can feel a bit cluttered. Right now, thread titles and previews blend together unless you hover over them. Adding a simple line or divider between posts (like Reddit) could make it easier to scan. 6. Rich Text Formatting: Enabling rich text formatting for threads would be an awesome addition, making posts more engaging and visually appealing. 7. Notifications: If someone is following a product will they receive in-app or email notification for all the threads created under the product forum? 8. Currently we can only bookmark product launch posts, maybe adding threads and comment bookmarks would be useful too. Loving this update—can’t wait to dive into the forums and connect with others! :)

@rohanrecommends all good suggestions and either things we're building or things we're actively thinking about. Thanks, Rohan!

@rajiv_ayyangar @rohanrecommends I strongly agreed with assigning the team members as moderators would be a great opportunity to use these forum pages as semi-official community platform for products. I don't wanted to upvote this idea without my words. 👍🏻

@mikekerzhner I'd really like to see a better search tool. I often bookmark the products I find most useful but there are times I remember a launch that could help a fellow business owner and have to sift through the broken search to try to find it. I love the changes being made here on other fronts.

@terrence_kelleman thanks for the feedback! Mind sharing a few searches queries that don't work well?

@mikekerzhner Just one item on my forums wishlist for now. Dialed in moderation controls. - Mods should control who can post in each forum based on account lifespan, account verification, streak, points(?) etc. The more controls the better, maketers tend to ruin everything. And oh, if anyone from the dev. team is reading. @ mentions in notifications on mobile are broken. anchor tags are displayed inline with text.

@izakotim solid feedback! The dev team is 100% listening. Mobile issue noted. For mod controls: something that you would want to moderate as the forum owner? Or something that product hunt should do internally?

yes, preferably controlled by the forum owner, but most should be default ON upon forum creation. Catering to forum owners who aren't aware of the controls just yet. Same logic could be extended to regular launches and comments sitewide. You'd get a massive dip in engagement initially but it would be a long-term win. [can't seem to reply to you and tag you now, someone's cooking in production 😂😂]

@gabe 🙌 it's been a full-team effort and I've been stoked to see all the great ideas come to life! Excited for the AMAs!