How stupid is it to launch on Product Hunt on US Election day?

Question

I'm planning to launch on Product Hunt tomorrow, because it's the first tuesday of november, but It's also US elections...

Maybe there'll be less competition.
But maybe also there will be nobody on Product Hunt.

How stupid is this?

EDIT: Let's go 👉 https://www.producthunt.com/posts/melies
For the moment, no big company launch today so I guess it was not that stupid?

Grant Singleton · Accepted Answer

I will still be checking Product Hunt on election day. I think for most ppl their day wont be that much different.

Jeff Triplett ✨ · Answer

People have to do something while they wait for results. So launch and write up how it goes.

Laurent 🚀 · Answer

Overthinking about Product Hunt is I think the bad idea. It likely won't be a life-changing experience, though I could be wrong.

PS: I wonder if Crisp is not also planning something on PH tomorrow. Maybe @valerian knows more?

Laurent 🚀 · Answer

Product Hunt's system is so f*cked. Despite you have a trendy, innovative, and well-received product that's third in upvotes, it's buried in the top products list. It feels like financial influence has overshadowed genuine visibility these days.

Romain Simon · Answer

Thanks! Unfortunately, it was actually third but got removed from the homepage for hours until I removed the waitlist, so it impacted the number of upvotes a lot

Romain Simon · Answer

Haha yes. I'm hoping at least there should not be a big corp releasing something.

Grant Singleton · Answer

Nice job

Romain Simon · Answer

Yes you're right, It's not as impactful as it used to be.
I'll launch tomorrow anyway, but I was curious to know what people think :)

Zlatko Najdenovski · Answer

I‘m planning to launch tomorrow too. I guess the best answer would be: We‘ll find out. 😄

Valerian Saliou · Answer

We are indeed live on PH today :) https://www.producthunt.com/posts/overlay-by-crisp

Romain Simon · Answer

Yup. I don't know why but it has disappeared from the homepage :/

Zlatko Najdenovski · Answer

Very true. Which is why I don‘t do any preparation there before I launch. I just click submit, and focus on other, more productive marketing tactics.

Romain Simon · Answer

Ok I've got an answer... Apparently this is because I've got a waitlist.
https://help.producthunt.com/en/articles/9883485-product-hunt-featuring-guidelines

Zlatko Najdenovski · Answer

Or perhaps people are just not interested in non-AI products anymore. 😄 https://www.producthunt.com/posts/zenpen-2

Romain Simon · Answer

Maybe. If people can't access the product directly they don't feature you on the homepage. There's also a list of things they don't feature: https://help.producthunt.com/en/articles/9883485-product-hunt-featuring-guidelines

Zlatko Najdenovski · Answer

@romainsimon what‘s a Waitlisted products? How do you remove that? I wonder if that‘s the reason why my launch had been a disaster.

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