๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—œ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜?

Hamza Afzal Butt
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It looks like there's a growing issue that a lot of us are facing lately, and I think it's worth bringing up. Many of us have noticed that our comments and upvotes have started to ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง. Well, not exactly, theyโ€™re still there, but it turns out theyโ€™re only visible to us, and not to the rest of the community. This issue seems to be affecting quite a few fellow influencers and long-time contributors. It appears that Product Huntโ€™s spam-detection system is flagging accounts more aggressively, especially those with consistent commenting styles. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€”especially with the rise of AI-generated commentsโ€”itโ€™s a bit frustrating when genuine, long-term members get caught in the mix ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. The lack of transparency here is what's been most challenging. Imagine spending time crafting thoughtful feedback, only to realize that no one can see it. Itโ€™s a huge blow, especially for those who have been part of this community for years. Has anyone else been experiencing this? And what are your thoughts on how Product Hunt can improve this process to balance moderation with keeping the voices of real contributors heard? Letโ€™s discuss and see if we can come up with some constructive ideas to make things better! ๐Ÿ’ฌ Youโ€™re not alone if this has happened to you, and I believe together we can make a positive change. (:

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Rajiv Ayyangar
We had a slight issue in rolling out a new comment moderation system which resulted in some longtime community members' comments being hidden until a mod team unhid them. I believe we've corrected this now and it shouldn't be an issue going forward.
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Rohan Chaubey
@rajiv_ayyangar Thanks Rajiv!
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@rajiv_ayyangar Thanks Rajiv! I appreciate the quick fix and the clear update. Just wondering, could there be a way to notify users if this happens again? It might help avoid any confusion.
Sina Meraji
@rajiv_ayyangar @hamza_afzal_butt hi rajiv, this is killing our launch ๐Ÿฅฒ mind having a look please? ๐Ÿ™ i appreciate it a lot
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Sina Meraji
facing a similar issue. our launch is live, many of our users comment and send us screenshots but we (the makers) cant see them. some people say they see the comments, some say they cant!
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Sina Meraji
@hamza_afzal_butt ๐Ÿ˜ข 3 hours and 50min into our launch and experiencing this. and some people canโ€™t find us in search, some can
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@sinamerajii yeah its still happening
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@rrhoover @rajiv_ayyangar any thoughts on this?
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Julia Zakharova
Can't see my comment I've already bumped into since this summer
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Crishelle Nase
this happened to me too, it's crazy ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Sophia Marie Thompson
Hmm haven't noticed any issues myself but curious what others have experienced. Is it inconsistent visibility of comments across different pages/products? Or comments not showing up at all sometimes? Definitely tag @rrhoover and team so they can look into it!
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Bhushan Agrawal
@rajiv_ayyangar My product has been launched today and I am not able to see people who have commented on my product, is it setting issue or a Product Hunt bug ?
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Sina Meraji
@rajiv_ayyangar @bhushan_agrawal same man. hope it's temporary
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Akshay Agrawal
@rajiv_ayyangar โ€” my Maker comment is not showing up on my launched post. I've heard from other commenters that their comments haven't shown up either. Can y'all help please? We've put a lot of effort into our launch. Here's our page: https://www.producthunt.com/post... Here's my Maker comment that should be visible but isn't: https://www.producthunt.com/post...