Commenting on Product Hunt allows you to interact with and ask questions to Makers building the newest and most impactful products in tech. It’s a direct line to the real people making the products that you love. These guidelines will help to explain how best to join in and meaningfully contribute to those conversations.
What Makes A Good Comment
Engaging
Share thoughts or feedback that open the door to conversation.
Ask specific questions, share a personal experience, or suggest an improvement.
Provides Genuine Feedback
Give respectful and constructive feedback to the Makers.
Try out the product to make sure you’re giving accurate feedback.
Insightful
If you have an interesting experience with similar products, share it.
Our community is made up of experts in all kinds of fields, Makers would love to hear from you.
What To Avoid
Generic Comments
Simply saying “congrats!” or “looks great!” is nice, but doesn’t add much to the conversation or provide any feedback to the Makers.
If you’d just like to show support, you can upvote!
AI-Generated Comments
Product Hunt is about person-to-person interactions.
Our community wants to talk to and hear from real people. No LLMs or Chrome extensions please!
Mass Commenting
We value quality over quantity and so does our community.
It’s ok if you don’t have something to say for every launch each day. Focus on products that genuinely interest you.
Best Practices
Be Genuine
Comment on products you genuinely find interesting or compelling.
Makers want to hear from real people, not just see a big comment count.
Be Specific
If you like a product or feature, explain what elements of it you specifically enjoy.
Makers love to understand what resonates with people and it gives other users the opportunity to weigh in.
Be Respectful
Disagreements and differences of opinion will come up, but they are not an excuse to be disrespectful to others or their beliefs.
All members of the community should feel respected and safe.
Frame your criticism constructively and focus on the product, not the person.
Moderation Process
Our team is committed to maintaining a high quality of discussions on Product Hunt that benefits and engages Makers and the entire community. This includes:
Removing comments that do not align with the above guidelines.
Reaching out to provide guidance and feedback to better align with our guidelines.
Permanently removing contribution access for repeated violations of the guidelines.
We want everyone to have a chance to join in on meaningful discussion, but that means that we need to enforce these guidelines at times to keep the quality of conversation high.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at hello@producthunt.com