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by minimaxir 3615 days ago
I second this, as the perception that PH traffic matters to the long-term success of a startup is a very toxic viewpoint that many naive entrepreneurs hold. (The content-less thought-pieces stating "How I Got #1 on Product Hunt" on Medium do not help)

Product Hunt in general is a negative externality on the startup ecosystem, but that's a topic for another day.