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0 pointsseanwilson4y ago0 comments

> so many of the upvotes I get and comments that I get are clearly spambots.

Is there any data on this? I'd be interested to see what % of real users they have.

Many times I've visited ProductHunt there's a top 4 app that doesn't seem useful at all that has tons of generic comments like "Great work!", "Can't wait to see what you do next!", "So useful!" (common on Twitter too).

Guessing you could get bots to vote + comment occasionally to build up their reputation and then use or sell your bot army to manipulate the votes for specific product launches later?

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allenu4y ago

I don't know if there's data, but I've seen other people posting about on Indie Hackers. I started noticing something was up when I saw the same generic comments you mentioned on my post as other people's posts.

Another thing that's interesting is after you post on Product Hunt, you may get emails from third parties offering services to boost your upvotes.

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