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If I have a problem and want to buy a solution to that problem, I'll use a search engine to find what solutions are available. I won't check a list of new solutions to problems on a daily basis in the hope that one day a solution to my problem will be on there.

Product Hunt is the tech founder equivalent of refreshing your social media profile, watching the like count increase on your latest selfie.

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I used to enjoy browsing PH and learn about all the cool projects people were building. And there were actually very good ideas -- at least in the early days of the community.

I even used to play a game that I've called PH-roulette: I'd open the top 10 or so products in separate tabs without reading their taglines. I then try to guess what they do based on the copy of landing page.

On most days, only one or 2 products had clear descriptions that are actually useful.

I started playing this game out of boredom but ended up learning a lot about what not to do while building my own landing pages.

Would love to read more about your insights. Maybe not here bc OT

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