[ChangeLog] December 11 — Leaderboard redesign, mobile @-mentions

6d ago

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👉 @-mentions now have autocomplete on mobile —Tag your friends to bring them in on the conversation!

mobile mentions

👉 New launch-day dashboard for makers with social link tracking — Track your points and ranking over the course of the day and see which social posts are bringing you the most support.

launch dashboard

👉 Redesigned leaderboard with points — The leaderboard now displays points, which are based primarily on upvotes with comments as an additional factor. Points determine the ranking. In the past we’ve displayed upvotes, which are only one component of the ranking, and this caused lots of confusion (”Why is my launch ranked lower than a launch with fewer upvotes?”).

leaderboard

👉 Renamed "Topics" to Launch Tags" to be more descriptive — We have two main taxonomies at Product Hunt. Launch Tags are topical tags like AI, Productivity, iOS app, Open Source, Audio that are relevant for launches. Your product hub (which contains all your launches) belongs to one or more Product Categories. These are organized by use case, to help people find the best product for them. E.g. Code review tools, AI databases, SEO tools.∫

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Ashit Vora @ashitvora

IntroJoy

Mention on mobile - until now, I kept trying and thought it was a bug.

Dec 17

Kate Ramakaieva @kate_ramakaieva

FuseBase /formerly Nimbus/

Thanks for sharing the updates! Can we access the list of launch tags somewhere available before creating new launch?

Dec 17

Kate Ramakaieva @kate_ramakaieva

FuseBase /formerly Nimbus/

Also - am I the only one with iOS app missing the home page?

Dec 17

Samar Ali @samalyx

SocialBu

Launching soon!

Thanks for sharing this! @rajiv_ayyangar

Dec 16

Rohan Chaubey @rohanrecommends

Good updates, Rajiv! We missed the changelog. 😊 I really like the new launch-day dashboard with the improved analytics. Many PH Makers used to visit Hunted(dot)space to track and compare launch graphs, so it's great to see graph comparisons integrated natively into the PH launch-day dashboard itself. Two quick questions: 1. I noticed the verified profiles feature. Will there be an open verification process soon, or is it currently limited to PH staff only? 2. Do you have any insights into how upvotes translate into points? I also noticed that all products on the leaderboard start with 50 points instead of 0 or 1. Thanks for sharing these updates!

Dec 16

Mike Kerzhner @mikekerzhner

Product Hunt

@rohanrecommends Verified accounts will be rolled out to all users early in 2025.

Dec 16

Business Marketing with Nika

minimalist phone: creating folders

What about mentions within posts? Are they on roadmap?

Dec 17

Evgenii Anikin @gorns

SocLeads

I launched a month ago and got over 800 upvotes. Now I only have 193 points. That's 4 times less than upvotes and my community is very upset. Why is there such a big difference? Can you recalculate?

Dec 17

Karl Mechkin @karl_mechkin

@gorns Same here, but on a smaller scale. We have 100 upvotes but only 60 points. I've also noticed that many comments dissapeared and I'm not sure if people just delete them or is it some technical issue.

Dec 17

Kumar Abhishek @zerotox

Thanks for sharing this! @rajiv_ayyangar The post-launch dashboard is a great addition! So is the differentiation of points and upvotes. The UI changes need to be made still.

Dec 16

Nha Hyerin @nha_hyerin

Great updates! The redesigned leaderboard and mobile @-mentions feature will definitely enhance user experience. Looking forward to seeing these improvements in action!