One of the biggest issues with Product Hunt is that more than 60% of its users are bots [1]. Any plans for keeping your alternative from ending up in the same state?
That comparison of box plots is so stupid it made me close the tab. The "bot"'s comment activity has three peaks: Morning, lunch and quitting time. Congratulations, you "detected" a human pattern.
I feel like this is a problem for later as my traffic is no where near PH. But social verification can be a good start