a single source, nothing corroborates it
Expect a late surge to take the top slot
Votes arriving at a steady pace all day are not a safe lead. One product sat in first place for most of the day and slipped to second in the evening when a rival pulled in hundreds of votes in a rush. Treat any position as provisional until the day closes.
The method
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Treat a lead on Product Hunt as fragile, because a rival that gathers a late burst of votes can overtake a product whose votes have been arriving at an even pace.
What it returned
What to Tweet sat in first place for most of the day and slipped to second late on, once a competing launch called Almanack pulled in hundreds of extra votes in a rush.
Sources
- ⭐️ How I created a #2 Product of the Day in 90 minutes – Jakob GreenfeldJakob Greenfeld · jakobgreenfeld.com · ⭐️ How I created a #2 Product of the Day in 90 minutes · 2020-12-15
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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