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We love Twitter. It’s a great platform to meet new people, share updates, learn from others, get feedback, and have fun. We even have a whole topic dedicated to it. We don’t love Twitter trolls.

Moderate launched in beta this weekend using AI to tackle this issue. It allows users to block problematic Twitter accounts, while also recognizing and tagging patterns of good or bad behavior using AI. The intention is for users to prioritize what content they enjoy while weeding out possible indicators of online harassment.

“We take and analyse your mentions using close to 10 AI models and identify accounts that are automated, use toxic language, share fake news articles etc. and highlight them in a moderation queue which allows you to mute or block them on Twitter.” - Ali Tehrani, cofounder

Users can request an invite to the beta below. Makers Ali and Mark have been whitelisting Product Hunt users over the weekend.

If you're waiting to get on the list and want a troll free zone on social to tide you through, vibes.fyi exists exactly for this reason. Drop a note of positivity, and bask in the good vibes.

Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by us and sponsored by our friends at Pilot.

If you’re reading this, your EOY financials are due. Luckily, services like Pilot can spare you the extra strength painkiller.

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As the holiday season hits, many teams (including ours) are looking for alternatives to IRL end of year retreats, with many taking office parties into a virtual setting. SpatialChat 2.0 and Toucan, both launched this week, could be fun alternatives to a regular Zoom call.

SpatialChat 2.0 is a virtual space for events and teams. Originally launched in April, the makers offered a Zoom alternative for teams of up to 50 to socialize in more interactive spaces. Fast forward to yesterday, they launched version 2.0 which will allow users to host events for thousands of attendees, multi-room spaces, and the ability to host more intimate hangs by a virtual pool or bar.

Focusing on smaller scale conversations, Toucan lets users form their own groups and move freely from conversation to conversation. The co-founders wanted to make gatherings more natural by giving users the power to join any conversation in a room without awkwardly sitting through a whole Zoom call.

If you’re in the midst of planning your virtual holiday party, here are some additional options to help avoid the dreaded Zoom fatigue:

Famera Beta takes users on a surreal journey in magical space - say goodbye to boring video chats.

Flinkit! allows users to host team building games with crafty storylines, visual tasks, and riddles.

Social hour wants to bring back casual, small-group conversations as users ‘move’ around virtual tables.

Nicebreak is like Airbnb experiences for teams.

Banger.Digital can help users throw online parties and happy hours in an 8-Bit mansion.

Meet the power couple of 2020: Salesforce and Slack.

Salesforce announced end of day yesterday their deal to buy Slack for a whopping $27.7B. You might have heard rumblings of this news last week, with many tech bloggers predicting the union months ago. Slack will now become the new interface for Salesforce Customer 360.

“Together, Salesforce and Slack will shape the future of enterprise software and transform the way everyone works in the all-digital, work-from-anywhere world.” - Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO, Salesforce

Most of this excitement stems from the idea that Slack will be a worthy contender to Microsoft Teams as a communication product. For Salesforce, this seems like a natural move as a key player in the enterprise collaboration space, as adding Slack would make their suite more robust in the face of giants like Google Workspace and Microsoft.

Slack has undergone quite a few massive changes since its release in 2013. In 2018 they acquired their competitor HipChat and this year underwent their biggest redesign. With the Salesforce acquisition, we are wondering what new features will pop up in the future.

Our burning question: will we inherit a new suite of slackmojis to match the Salesforce characters? Product Hunt out here asking the real questions.

To see the impact of Slack in our community, check out all the Slack inspired products that have been released over the years.

As the OG of social media, Myspace elicits nostalgia for that simpler time on the internet when Myspace Tom was everyones first virtual friend. If you’re keen to relive the memories, 18-year old An created SpaceHey.

SpaceHey is a fully functional Myspace-like site where users can have fun, meet friends, or be creative. From its blue and white exterior, to the “I built this using HTML” vibes, SpaceHey feels like a living time capsule.

Now, if you’re doing the math, 18-year old An did not have a Myspace account when he was 3.

“I found a couple of other websites from that era of the internet and I really love the feeling of the Web back then. There is no comparable place to Myspace online nowadays, so that's why I built SpaceHey!” - An, Maker.

2020 has been A YEAR, and sometimes it’s nice to kick back and have some fun with a little nostalgia. We caught major feels with this one, and we were't the only ones. Here are some community reactions from An's launch day post:

“This certainly brings back lots of memories, thank you for building it!” - Steven

“All tears here thinking back to how beautiful the internet was back in the early 2000s.” - Simon

“I feel emotional when I look at this site. It was the first community I joined back then.” - Fajar

If this product took you on a trip down memory lane, make sure to check out Retro Widget and Retro Widget 2 which blasts users back to the 2000s using their iPhone and Apple Watch. Snake 2 anyone?

Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by us and sponsored by our friends at Zendesk for Startups.

From startup to unicorn, Zendesk’s journey hits all the notes. With first-hand knowledge of what it takes to put customers first whilst operating lean to gain traction, this Cyber Monday the team at Zendesk for Startups are extending an offer to the Product Hunt community to help you do the same

The challenge:

It can be challenging for startups to build a customer support function from the ground up, especially because time and resources are limited for young companies.

The solution:

6 free months of Zendesk products 🙌🏻

Included in this package is access to Sell. Sell launched on Product Hunt 2 years ago marking its first step in Zendesk's plan to introduce technology for sales among its suite of products. Along with Zendesk's more widely known customer support tools, this package includes:

• Exclusive access to a community of founders and partners
• Curated customer experience resources, office hours with Zendesk experts and events
• Try any number of Zendesk solutions to trial with 0 risk

Note: You must be a new customer, have fewer than 50 employees, and have raised venture funding up to Series A

With customers ranging from Uber and Airbnb to Calm and Limebike, Zendesk has helped hyper-growth companies start-up and scale their customer support.

Zendesk products include Support, Guide, Chat and Talk options. While customer preferences are constantly changing — and consumers expect to be able to interact with brands across many channels — this suite of products gives startups what they need to grow an omnichannel customer experience at-scale.

At Product Hunt, we see tons of product launches from makers around the world daily. As your business starts to grow, so does the number of tools and services you need to run a smooth ship. When it comes to choosing and implementing, prices can quickly add up. This is why last year we launched Founder Club

Founder Club is a curated collection of top products and services designed to help you start and grow your business. It’s a subscription-based membership, priced annually and loaded with some pretty sweet deals from 65 partners.

Some community favorites include:

🌐 AWS: $5,000 in credits
💳 Stripe: $50,000 in fee-free processing
🏷️ Airtable: $2,000 credit
📝Notion: $1,000 credit

With some recent additions from:

🙀 Special access to Cloudflare and their newest developer tools
🙀 50% off Karma for a year
🙀 30% off yearly plans with DrawSQL
🙀 25% off processing fees with MainStreet
🙀 50% off Yodel.io for a year

Like DJ Khaled, today we’re dropping ANOTHER ONE. New subscribers can access a limited time 50% off annual membership fees. This offer is only available until midnight PST on Monday.

To access the 50% discount price, use the special offer button. 👇

Throughout the wild ride that has been 2020, we at Product Hunt still have so much to be thankful for. Not least all of you lovely people and of course, lots of awesome products. We’re also thankful for:

🧑‍⚕️ Frontline workers who work tirelessly to ensure that we’re safe.

🍝 Local restaurants trying to navigate hospitality while offering alternatives.

🛒 Small businesses for being resilient during change while providing quality products.

🙌 Slack for allowing us to work remotely while sharing endless gifs.

💆 Headspace for providing us with the tools to keep our mental health in check.

📻 PoolSide FM for creating the right vibes for when we need to jam out.

👀 Among Us for keeping us occupied indoors while creating the ultimate sus culture.

😼 Cats as the Product Hunt overlords.

Join the discussion and add products you're thankful for.👇

Kidding... sort of. This Is Not Allowed is a gallery of photo’s deemed unacceptable on certain social media platforms. While it sounds risque, the makers’ mission is; “to create a space that celebrates sex positivity, enables social activism, recognizes legitimate adult businesses, and reclassifies LGBTQ+ content as regular content.”

So whilst the pictures might get you some glances over the shoulder at work, the point is they are body positive, consensually posted images.

The Makers state that they “understand the importance of content moderation, within moderation” - meaning that while these policies are important, the dialogue around sexuality and beauty standards within them are grey. They claim that when social media companies remove some of these photos, they’re acting within society’s conventional definitions of beauty.

Social media content moderation and censorship is a hot topic, but not a new issue. With widespread media coverage on the question of “who regulates social media?” coupled with the recent election, tech giants like Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter have had to defend their positions in governing content. Just yesterday, Twitter announced the relaunch of its blue verification badge policy, in addition to new account types and labels.

As social media continues to play a huge role in our lives and media consumption, we’re curious to see what new features or tools arise that help shape those decisions. 👀

At 14 years old, building task management lists using React and MongoDB might not be top of mind for everyone. But for Tika from England, it seemed like the most logical step to declutter their assignments.

This past weekend, Tika launched Preplar; a homework assignment and task organization app for students. It allows users to keep track of all their homework in one space while adding tags, subjects, and due dates. Unlike Moodle (a popular choice for teachers), Preplar is a homework diary specifically built with students in mind.

For most students, homework does not always spark joy - but Preplar’s simplicity could encourage users to tidy-up their workload to feel less pressure, manage deadlines, and ease anxiety at school.

We love hearing from makers from all backgrounds and ages. Just remember us when you’re famous (we’re joking...kind of). 😜

If you’re still in school or dedicated to a life of academia, here are some other great products that can help you stay on top of your assignments and exams:

Blanker takes your study notes and transforms them into redacted study sheets for you to memorize.

Bibcitation generates automatic citations for papers, books, websites, and journals.

Streamwork is an academic live-streaming platform for students to tutor classmates and friends.

Genei beta generates summaries for any article or research paper using AI.

Onemoreday App is a virtual study coach that helps you manage the time you spend preparing for your exams.

Whiteborb is a mobile-friendly whiteboard that can be used for math to design problems.

The examiners is a machine learning-based quiz and flashcard generator for bioscience and medical students.