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A few months back, I launched a product on one of the big platforms, and... nothing. It got buried under dozens of other launches within hours. All that work, all that excitement is gone in the blink of an eye. No one even saw it.\n\nIt stung. I wasn’t mad, well, maybe a little but mostly, I just felt invisible. The truth is, indie makers like me don’t have big teams or budgets to fight for visibility. We rely on genuine support and connections. 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That said, if the platform…",{"value":70,"source":52,"evidence":71},"Wanted every product to get fair visibility after a launch got buried",[72],{"id":55},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":77,"objections":101,"requests":129,"questions":160,"alternatives":170},[78,94],{"value":79,"source":80,"evidence":81},"Fresh UI and fair-visibility idea","commenter",[82,86,90],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"42722435","gloosx","Looking cool! I have two questions though: >10 launches per day, max. What if your launch queue will be filling at a much faster rate aka backpressure issue? E.g what if this…",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"42719597","SCUSKU","Looks great! Hope to see more submissions to HN from this site! Congrats on the launch!",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"42713383","danimirror","Love the idea! Would be amazing if the ranking algorithm would be public. As in you know exactly what needs to be done to rank higher",{"value":95,"source":80,"evidence":96},"Transparency of showing site stats",[97],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"42721918","yellow_lead","I like that you show the website stats. For an indie maker, we care about reach a lot. The transparency is important I think.",[102,113,125],{"value":103,"source":80,"evidence":104},"Voting and leaderboards feel like a popularity contest and add noise",[105,109],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"42718529","frotty","It's all a fine balancing act, sure, but ... \"This isn't a popularity contest... so anyway, here's how voting works\" is a bit silly, and right there on the front page is…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"42721502","vidyesh","What is with this idea of having engaged user metric for such sites? Why are engaged members rewarded and recognized when the products should be the one that should get the focus…",{"value":114,"source":80,"evidence":115},"Queue backlog if the platform grows; launches could wait months",[116,117,121],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"42713230","nbuujocjut","How would you handle the situation that if this is successful, you’ll get massively more than 10 candidates each day?",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"42726299","robertlagrant","Surely this trades being in the spotlight for a few minutes now for being in the spotlight in a year's time when it's your turn in the 10-products-per-day queue?",{"value":126,"source":80,"evidence":127},"Vote gaming via fake accounts",[128],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},[130,141,156],{"value":131,"source":80,"evidence":132},"Hide votes until the user has voted",[133,137],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"42722250","abricq","If you care fairness, I have 1 extra suggestion that you might be interested in. 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It looks pretty good, I just might use it soon! FYI, you seem to have an encoding issue. There is a bunch of `'` in your pages. [0] [0]:…",{"value":157,"source":80,"evidence":158},"More sign-in options beyond Twitter",[159],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},[161,166],{"value":162,"source":80,"evidence":163},"How will the queue be handled at scale?",[164,165],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},{"value":167,"source":80,"evidence":168},"Is the ranking algorithm public?",[169],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},[171],{"value":172,"source":80,"evidence":173},"Product Hunt",[174,178,182],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"42717840","havefunbesafe","I really wish Ryan Hoover would take back the integrity of Product Hunt. It's such an amazing product with such currently painful execution, assumingly in the name of site…",{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"42715962","pinkmuffinere","I see a new product-hunt alternative launched every couple months here. Maybe I’m cynical, but I don’t think we’re going to displace product hunt with things like new voting…",{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"42716309","dalemhurley","I really like the direction you’re taking. Product Hunt can feel like it’s run more for the benefit of the maintainers than for the community. It’s their service, so fair enough,…",{"comments":187,"answered":188,"key":189},29,12,[190,193,196],{"id":191,"text":192},"42734206","Thank you for the suggestion. I have implemented something like this but still experimenting with different factors.",{"id":194,"text":195},"42726576","1) If the queue grows significantly, the first-come, first-serve system will still ensure fairness. Makers can plan their launches strategically within a 30-day scheduling…",{"id":197,"text":198},"42720928","Thank you so much for the feedback and taking the time to create a new layout idea. I truly appreciate it. 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