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  • A lot of bots! PH should only consider people with verified LinkedIn.

    Neel Patel
    138 replies
    I see a lot of fake profiles on PH nowadays. I hope they do something about it. How many of you feel the same?

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    Kia Kamgar
    I am not a bot.
    Neel Patel
    @kiakamgar Thanks for sharing :D
    Kia Kamgar
    @neelptl2602 always happy to help clarify things.
    Debajit Sarkar
    I support the idea of having some measures to verify that only genuine people and not bots can access Product Hunt, but I don’t think using LinkedIn profile as a criterion is wise, because LinkedIn might block the profile for various reasons that they find valid.
    Neel Patel
    @dsarkar makes sense. Just one of the options!
    Anthony Latona
    350+ E-Commerce Tools Database
    Verification is a great idea if it can be properly automated... LinkedIn could be one way but not everyone wants to connect accounts together. Maybe verifying is one way to help reduce bot traffic but another could be tracking behavioral data and discovering/uncovering trends that are "obviously" bot traffic. If that data was tracked for known bot traffic already, it can be mapped out to start finding more with the same patterns or at least flag some that are suspicious. Not an easy task but could help if it's implemented correctly.
    Neel Patel
    @anthony_latona you are spot on!
    Dariush Abbasi
    How can we not block the way for new users and cause mistakes while fighting bots?
    Neel Patel
    I am seeing a lot of bots from Dallas. Their intro look same and they are nowhere to be found on internet by their name.
    Theo
    @neelptl2602 That's just the Texas red voters /j!!!
    Judith Amarachi 💙
    @neelptl2602 What! That should be looked into by the team.
    Charlie Choi
    How do you spot bots?
    Xavier JJ
    @charlie_choi3 Sometimes i see replies to my comment "As an AI Language model, i cannot... " haha
    George Aleesu
    Lancepilot
    Lancepilot
    Launching soon!
    @charlie_choi3 @diana_iun You're right! How some products always peak at the top is even more surprising!
    Neel Patel
    @charlie_choi3 It's not very hard to see the patterns!
    Henry Habib
    @diana_iun that nervous moment when you use an AI-generated pic because it’s fun to do and not because you’re a bit 😂
    Rami - Browsingbuddies.com
    @charlie_choi3 @diana_iun it's the pics and the lifetime of their accounts that give it away.
    Xiao Jiang
    Totally agree, noticed some funny comments on our launch recently.
    Neel Patel
    @xiaojiang They are often irrelevant too.
    Esus 🛡️
    Yes, but verified Twitter haha :D
    Neel Patel
    @esus haha.. That could be one form as well.
    Thomas
    Reachfluencer
    Reachfluencer
    As an I AI language, I agree with you.
    Drew "Sales Playbook Builder" Williams
    Agreed. Should they take the X example and charge $1?
    Neel Patel
    @drewsalesplaybookbuilder Not really sure. I would pay a yearly small amount!
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    moji AI wearable
    Ya definitely I’ve been seeing quite a bit of GPT like responses. I guess I gotta start using my LinkedIn not to get marked as a bot😂
    Esus 🛡️
    @maxjacobs Yeah, they added 'GPT Content' under report options. I report 2-10 comments on launches a day that are just obvious GPT lol.
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    moji AI wearable
    moji AI wearable
    @esus yeah, this in a couple years when basically you could build the 30 wrapper apps with a prompt is gonna get scary!
    Imran Razak
    I don’t think that’s the solution because not everyone uses LinkedIn. I don’t, but I’m not a bot. I think the way you can reduce that is through looking at interaction, comments etc.
    Neel Patel
    @imran_razak It was just an example. Could explore other ways of verifying!
    Jens Mannanal
    Passionfroot Discovery
    Passionfroot Discovery
    Absolutely! It's crazy how LinkedIn has become a verification badge for professionals globally in the last years!
    Neel Patel
    @j_mannanal It was just a suggestion tho!
    Sidra Arif
    Yes, I completely agree, but there should be some other way as well, Only Linkedin is not a good option. As, some people don't use it as much in saas as much they prefer building on X.
    Mick Essex
    Seriously?! Even on PH?? That sucks. I fight bots daily on Twitter (not ready to call it X yet ugh). I hope this doesn’t turn into that
    Erick Philbert
    What if someone has no LinkedIn... 🤔
    Erick Philbert
    @neelptl2602 I think maybe email verification, phone number or whatever... but in here i still agree with you that connecting to LinkedIn should be a must, i was just curious...
    Neel Patel
    @erick_philbert there could be other ways to verify. It’s just one of the ways
    Daniel Burns
    Definitely agree. PH should consider some sort of verification, as I keep seeing more of them each time.
    Tyler Scott
    @testifi This is a much better idea than using a third party social media site like LinkedIn.
    George Aleesu
    Lancepilot
    Lancepilot
    Launching soon!
    @testifi Sure, they do have to!
    Mathis Vella
    And also a small work on the way people upvote products... There's always great products down in the rankings. It should be about the quality/ value proposition but not because one has a great community.
    Matteo Mirabelli
    @mathis_vella That's one of the most important things to evaluate immediately.
    Esus 🛡️
    @mathis_vella Yeah, agreed. I think to participate in daily product voting and commenting, accounts should have had to be active (upvote/community participation) for the last 2-3 days. Otherwise, I've seen huge audiences essentially get mobilised to create a bunch of accounts and upvote haha. No bots needed.
    Eugene Yarovoii
    Absolutely! With such verification, it will be easier to make useful connections 🙂
    Sonny T.
    Yes we do! I always see, “Amazing ‘A lot of bots! PH should only consider people with verified LinkedIn’ post, very helpful for entrepreneurs.” AI generated replies on here 😂