Do you think Product Hunt should verify domain ownership for submitted products? 😄
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Product Hunt is great for discovery 🚀, but sometimes there are concerns about authenticity and trust 🤔 when products are submitted by people not affiliated with them.
Would verifying domain ownership (e.g., via email or DNS) help ensure that only legitimate makers or teams can submit a product? ✅ Or would it add too much friction to the launch process? 🧱
Curious to hear what this amazing community thinks! 🙌💡
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Indie.Deals
Product Hunt as a community and platform has evolved over the past decade into what it is today because there has always been very little friction for anyone to discover, hunt, or engage with products.
In the earlier years, the goal wasn’t to push for the top products of the day but to have genuine conversations about them. That has changed quite a bit. Now, every hunt feels somewhat gamified, with launches carefully planned to reach the top ranks. Unfortunately, in doing so, the community has lost some of its original charm, where great products could naturally gain the attention they deserved.
To sum up, verifying domain ownership doesn’t really add value in determining whether a product is good or not, finding great products is what Product Hunt should truly be about.