Ask HN: Product Hunt is dead. What happened?

A few years back, I stumbled upon Product Hunt and was absolutely blown away by the caliber of products showcased there. Each upvote felt significant and Product of Day or Month meant something. I was addicted to it like many people are addicted to HN. I used to check the front page multiple times a day.

However, with the onset of COVID-19, the platform underwent a strange transformation. The quality of the products featured began to dwindle, with many of them being nothing more than Notion templates, Airtable lists, and design collections. In fact, it became a challenge to find a genuinely innovative product amid the sea of mediocre offerings.

Months would pass without a single noteworthy release, and Product Hunt started to feel like a hub for deceptive bundle and templates selling snake oil salesmen.

Witnessing the platform's decline in this manner has been heartbreaking, particularly since I began my own product journey inspired by the groundbreaking products I discovered on Product Hunt in the past.