How many of you think there should be a chat feature at ph?
Naveed Rehman
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I think its something seriously missing 🤔
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André J@sentry_co
PH used to have a chat. But it got canceled after people used it mostly to ask for upvotes. Linkedin chat works great if you want to talk shop
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@naveed_rehmanPersonally I think of Producthunt as more like a convention center, to showcase new products....and the bar across the street is where we chat and socialise .
@sentry_co ... and with AI technologies, it can now be auto-moderated! :)
PullTheCode
That would be awesome and a gret way to meet common minded people
REI Litics
@naveed_rehman did you know about our virtual PH meet up group? We have a call tomorrow actually at 11am EST
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/...
@misterocean yeah... 😇
REI Litics
Wait. Are you saying chat with their support? Or chat with other members like a direct message?
REI Litics
@naveed_rehman that’s what I thought but the way others were commenting made me question what you meant
I think this would be great feature specially if they can provide what are the steps that needs to be followed before launching a product on producthunt
@jagtarsingh2 yup, some sort of authentication control and moderation would be necessary.
FlowFinitee
I was just talking about this earlier this week with @emna_ghariani1 who thought PH already has this, which proves how important it is and how much smoother discussions with fellow makers and hunters would be!
@emna_ghariani1 @rihab_zd sorry for stealing this idea :D
I'm torn on having a chat feature. I think it might take away from the open discussion of products. For example, people might start giving feedback through chat or ask questions through chat, but there are tons of times that I benefited from someone else's feedback or having the same question or even talk about something that I might not have thought about. I feel like having no chat created a stronger and more encouraging community.
Videco - AI Personalized Video
Yes! Where do we sign?
PH Hunters
Yeah. that would be pretty awesome to catch with new makers here.
@nithin_jawahar especially with big big makers ;)
I would not be a big fan of that, it would lead to excessive inbound.
I have a LinkedIn and Twitter on my profile so people that want to connect with me already have different channels where they can do so.
Great Idea!
@rajesh_bhimani worth making 😏
Hunted Space
We can sign a collective petition to PH asking to add the chat feature :D
@sandradjajic haha... I doubt they're gonna block all of us in this discussion ha lol
Crypto Curated
I think just a simple hover on profile and it gives you.link to their socials is more helpful
Don't want another msg app to take care of haha
Jupitrr
It would be good as well as bad. Good for connecting with new people but you will end getting exhausted checking your inbox full of support requests. So, I don't think that's a great idea. However, in my opinion, PH is slowly dying. It seems like they are not supporting startups now. Heard a lot about it from different founders on LinedIn
@lakshya_singh oh... who are they supporting now?
Jupitrr
@naveed_rehman Just the top ones. For example, they don't list all the launches on the home page now. Only a few of them. Others stay in the Bootstrapped or Solo Maker section.
I wouldn't mind it, sounds like a great idea. Certain people, such as myself, would like to be further engaged into the topic.
@dan_burns and that's the whole point :)
That would be awesome, but PH should sort out the current issues.
FocuSee
PH team should look at this.
@zhao_naomi may be they are 👀
Yes! I feel like it would be fun. But I guess it would be difficult to moderate!
@naveed_rehman I didn't think of that tbh, ofcourse there can be an easy integration. But I would assume that there is a reason PH doesn't have a chat feature. It would make them much more like a social media on integrating it that's for sure!
@annie_chopra after seeing 100 chat-agents published everyday I doubt if it is impossible anymore. What you think from that perspective?
I'm all for strengthening the Product Hunt community! A well-designed chat feature could foster deeper connections, collaborations, and even friendships among hunters. Plus, it could provide valuable feedback channels for makers.
@christin_koehler 100% agree to that! Thanks
Yes they need this feature, it would be awesome!
@klaudia_bumgarner Yey! :)
Sharetribe
Fully synced chat, no thanks.
A basic private messaging feature would be a great addition, *in theory*.
However, *in practice* the reality is that would be overflowing with "Upvote please!" spam and become useless/unusable in a matter of weeks.
@sjoerdhandgraaf that can be monitored, isn't it?
Sharetribe
@naveed_rehman Theoretically, yes, but that would require either a good algorithm that recognizes spam, or a good/well-resourced human moderation team. Based on my experience with PH, I doubt they can pull off either of them.