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Prevents Product Hunt penalties like shadow bans and unfeaturings by explaining rules on vote manipulation, incentivized voting, explicit requests, and spam. Use for launch planning, team training, and compliance reviews.
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This skill helps you understand and avoid behaviors that could get your product unfeatured, votes removed, or your account banned on Product Hunt.
Crafts Product Hunt-compliant messages for launch emails, social posts, supporter outreach, and responses that avoid upvote requests to prevent penalties.
Guides Product Hunt launches for SaaS, dev tools, AI products: 30-day prep plans, submission fields (tagline, gallery, first comment), timing, engagement strategies.
Guides outreach to Reddit, Indie Hackers, Hacker News for Product Hunt launches: identifies subreddits, crafts non-spammy posts with templates, follows rules to build authentic engagement.
Share bugs, ideas, or general feedback.
This skill helps you understand and avoid behaviors that could get your product unfeatured, votes removed, or your account banned on Product Hunt.
Absolutely Forbidden:
What Happens:
Forbidden:
What's Allowed:
Forbidden in Any Communication:
What's Allowed:
Suspicious Patterns:
What's Allowed:
Forbidden:
What's Allowed:
Forbidden:
Product Hunt's algorithm looks for:
Account Quality:
Vote Patterns:
Engagement Authenticity:
Moderators also check for:
High Risk (Don't Do):
Medium Risk (Be Careful):
Low Risk (But Stay Alert):
Watch For:
Email Best Practices:
โ DO: Send to segmented lists in waves
โ DO: Personalize messages
โ DO: Ask for "support" or "feedback"
โ DO: Respect unsubscribes
โ DON'T: Send to purchased lists
โ DON'T: Use same message for everyone
โ DON'T: Ask for "upvotes"
โ DON'T: Spam non-subscribers
Social Media Best Practices:
โ DO: Share authentically
โ DO: Spread posts throughout day
โ DO: Engage with responses
โ DO: Thank supporters
โ DON'T: Post same link repeatedly
โ DON'T: Use engagement pods
โ DON'T: Ask for votes publicly
โ DON'T: Spam hashtags
Do:
Don't:
Instead of: "Please upvote our product!" Say: "We just launched โ would love your feedback!"
Instead of: "Every vote counts!" Say: "Your support means a lot to us."
Instead of: "Help us reach #1!" Say: "Check it out and let us know what you think."
Instead of: "Vote to win a prize" Say: "PH community gets 20% off (no vote required)"
Don't:
Do:
Steps:
Steps:
Outreach Materials:
Supporter Briefing:
Technical:
Keep records of:
COMPLIANCE CHECK FOR: [Product Name]
RISK ASSESSMENT:
High-Risk Behaviors:
โ [Behavior] - [Status: Clear/At Risk/Violation]
Medium-Risk Behaviors:
โ [Behavior] - [Status]
OUTREACH REVIEW:
Email template: [Compliant/Needs revision]
Social posts: [Compliant/Needs revision]
Supporter briefing: [Complete/Incomplete]
RECOMMENDED CHANGES:
1. [Specific change needed]
2. [Specific change needed]
OVERALL STATUS: [Ready / Needs Work / High Risk]