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Shoutouts by Product Hunt — Name drop the products that make your product awesome
In your next launch, you can highlight up to 3 products that were indispensable in building your product, along with a note explaining why you love them. They'll also be notified that you gave them a Shoutout, in case they'd like to support your launch.
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@rajiv_ayyangar I love the mission: Shoutouts is all about makers supporting makers. Any guesses for what product will have the most shoutouts in 2024? OpenAI, Vercel, Figma, etc.?
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@rajiv_ayyangar this is great — and provides a different lens to evaluate the actual utility of different products based on real-world usage, as measured by shoutouts.
Clearly this is another whack at Stacks, but from the product development side. I dig it.
Here's a suggestion — music has always been important on Product Hunt (largely thanks to @rrhoover enthusiasm). Might it be possible to link to a track or playlist that kept the team going for a launch? Maybe a separate section for "vibes"?
@rajiv_ayyangar This is amazing! I like it. :)
Suggestion: The shoutout occupies significant space on the launch post (even larger than the description and gallery images of the product that just launched), thereby taking away attention.
I would suggest we make it in-line and it could appear like how the category labels appear.
When the user hovers over the tools, it could show a one-liner why the maker likes this tool in their tool stack similar to the Hunter / Maker cards, when we hover over the Maker's headshot, it previews their PH profile.
@rohanrecommends good suggestion - maybe we can condense the shoutouts a bit.
@rrhoover @chrismessina I LOVE that. Also food? Fueled by Doordashed Souvla :)
Love for lovely software.
As I sit here and think back to my early engineering days, tools of the time float across my mind. JQuery. Pre-es6 javascript (when I actually had to understand prototypical inheritance). Early versions of Node.js (when JavaScript on the server seemed laughable).
I then jolt back to reality. I gaze deeply and lovingly at my VS Code editor with so many nifty extensions, such wonderful linters, and the always-willing-to-help copilot. I look around at the TypeScript types saving me from a myriad of runtime errors in production.
As programmers, our function today is not so different than 15 years ago (we haven’t been replaced by AI just yet). But our tools do feel different. Shoutouts are a way for us to show off the tools that turned a day-long task into one hour, allowed us to build, scale, and grow our businesses in a way we could never imagine, or simply made us smile.
Think of Shoutouts as a way to show love for lovely software. Or as a way to pay it forward. And surely somebody will crack a smile when they use your product and a Shoutout will come your way.
I love the special moment when I discover a new product that makes me feel like, WOW, this was built just for me. You know it when it happens because it makes your work and/or life exponentially more enjoyable — and it’s even more delightful when they continue to solve new problems that you didn’t even realize you had!
I often show my love and obsession for these products by doing things like sending fanmail full of emojis and gratitude, volunteering my time as a beta tester, sharing lots of live feedback etc. (Maybe some of this sounds familiar to others as well. <3)
Sometimes, a shoutout on social media, especially for those without a huge reach, can feel like such a fleeting moment that can be easily forgotten, overlooked or lost in a sea of competing posts for virality.
This is why I am pumped for Shoutouts to be our first segue into creating a space on Product Hunt for makers to publicly share this love (and healthy obsession!) with products in a way that is meaningful, will persist and create more value over time for both the products giving and receiving the shoutout.
Try it out, support your fave products and makers and share your feedback with us! We’re just getting started and look forward to exploring how Shoutouts can continue to help us create the kind, uplifting community Product Hunt is known for.
Love this and loved seeing the team collaborate on this in a few short days in SF! Going to be shouting out a lot of products over the next few months as I launch a few things!
@rajiv_ayyangar, the biggest thing is that it makes me think of how many times I have seen a video or screenshot and wondered what tool they used for this or that.
It's like how, early on, YouTubers and streamers would do videos of their setups because people would wonder what stuff they use in their setups. This feels like a seamless and powerful version of that.
It's the crossroad where makers and the power of influencers meet and allows for a seamless way to help uplift a brand or product while explaining things about yours.
It's like the product version of a tech/dev stack.
Bravo!
@juliomedina I love that connection! Yeah already I'm finding it's really helpful to see what other people are using in their stack, and why they love those tools.
@rajiv_ayyangar also this feels like a win and a great way for founders who are small but powerful to be found as alternatives to the big stuff out there when seeking an alternative to the more known products and brands out there.
@juliomedina YES. Sometimes smaller teams, more focused products, can elicit 10x the love of the big guys.
Love this idea and wish we had it for our launch two weeks ago! Perfect feature for the PH community, can't wait to use it.
Hey, super cool feature of Product Hunt itself. Will definitely keep this in mind once I launch my own products! Wish you all the best.
Also I have an idea for a product: Product Hunt weekend login. So I can keep streaking, I hate to start from day 1 again. 😂😁
Big congrats team. Looks great. Would be great if you could add premium subscription with verification and private messages 🦄❤️
@rajiv_ayyangar Hi Rajiv, sure.
1) Paid verification, similar to Telegram or X, for $5-8 per month, would, on one hand, allow you to earn more. On the other hand, it would help hunters obtain additional proof in the form of a blue checkmark and other bonuses, but most importantly, it would allow combating bots and upvote manipulation.
2) As for personal messages, the majority of communications flow through LinkedIn and a bit through Twitter. Thus, the entire network is formed there. With personal messages integrated into Product Hunt and a friend system, all these communications would remain within Product Hunt. At the very least, retention and time spent on the site would increase. Additionally, it would solve the problem of spam when people ask for support in launching on LinkedIn. On Product Hunt, it would be easier to handle. You could check the profile, see activity, and then decide whether to support blindly. This would improve the quality of upvotes.
This is a pretty neat feature @rajiv_ayyangar!! It will give a lot of visibility to the behind-the-scenes products that power other products!
This is super cool. Already used it for our launch! Would also be awesome to provide shoutout to our most awesomest users 😊
Love the concept - I think it will be great for discovering new products over time. Honored that Stashpad Docs played a role in launching Shoutouts
Love the feature @rajiv_ayyangar! Just launched with it and had the chance to shout out our partners. was a great way to give them credit for their work.
Super proud of the team for working so fast and passionately to get Shoutouts launched! Like many new features, Shoutouts is an "aha" moment.
No product stands alone. We're all building an ecosystem that we progress with together...
👉 Many of you want to support fellow makers during launch — especially the ones making killer products that made crafting your product possible.
👉Makers behind those products love to see their product in your stack. It helps them continue to share their story.
👉 Users and product enthusiasts like myself always want to see what the best of the best are using.
The PH content team is excited use your Shoutouts to help elevate great product stories so this is just the start!
Congratus guys! Very good idea and this is a great oppurtunity to gather new ideas and learn new products.
@bonvisions not sure I agree - the top two products are bootstrapped and the top product is a solo maker :)
Oh, nice. This would be helpful for many products to get good and genuine testimonials too
Hi Rajiv,
The concept of Shoutouts really strikes a chord. It's a thoughtful way to acknowledge the tools that empower creators. I can see how this could build a stronger sense of community and appreciation among makers. It's refreshing to have a feature that encourages genuine recognition rather than just transactional interactions.
I'm curious, have you seen any unique or surprising ways products have been using their Shoutouts? It must be exciting to see this feature come to life with the early access launches!
@alex_dulub It's been cool to see both early and later-stage companies being shouted out. Also the request to shoutout a customer (rather than a product that was used) is causing us to think internally.
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