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Interesting take! What didn't work for you on Product Hunt? Did you find any of those alternatives more effective for driving user engagement?

Product Hunt works great for initial spike and visibility, but I found it less effective for sustained user engagement and quality signups. Most traffic felt like "launch tourists" lots of views, but low conversion and retention.

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@victortram124.bsky.social

Out of the alternatives, Build in Public over daily dev, X, Linkedin, and Threads gave me much better quality conversations and actual users who stuck around.

Thinh · ScriptHook

shipped my own thing this week and the lesson is — your first 20 visitors will tell you more than 20 hours of customer interviews. just get it in front of someone

@victortram124.bsky.social

Agreed! And I think I already replied you with these concern. Haven't you check?

Thinh · ScriptHook

3 angles I’d test: 1. Stop scrolling if your ad looks good but nobody watches past second three. 2. I tested the same product with 5 openings — the ugly pain-first one won. 3. Your script doesn’t need more features; it needs a first line that calls out the buyer’s exact frustration. If useful, I ca