Reached 1001 PH upvotes without getting any batch – Our learnings

How does success in product hunt relate to success with a product?

To what extent do "product-loving enthusiasts" overlap with people who will buy your product?

I get the impression that that person (the author) is concerned with self-esteem and upvotes are the currency of that.

On the other hand, to make a sustainable business where you can deliver the product to people you will concern yourself with cash as a currency and the discussion is going to concern an entirely different constellation of objects.

Cocaine bypasses the motivational systems in your mind by targeting a population of 20,000 or so neurons in the brain. The "learning" that it gives you is that cocaine makes you feel you increased your utility function. If you're a really good student you'll understand what happened and learn "don't do cocaine."

Social media is like that.

Sharing some learnings and insights from our Product Hunt launch.

What is your suggestion on how the PH algorithm rates upvotes?

What are your experiences with launching on PH?