This is mostly a disappointing response that tries to deflect with &quot;hey, we do good stuff too!&quot; which is a PR move, not an argument against the events which caused the accusations against Product Hunt.<p>The highlighted quote and central thesis of &quot;Everyone’s upvote is equal — my upvote counts the same as yours&quot; misses the point that the <i>product selection process is opaque</i>, and the updated FAQ of &quot;we receive so may products per day!&quot; does not absolve PH of that. (it&#x27;s a 2 year old startup. They no longer get a pass on scalability issues).<p>Speaking of the FAQ, here&#x27;s the update discussing conflicts of interest:<p>&gt; &quot;Do I need to disclose that I’m invested or advising a company I post to Product Hunt?
Product Hunt is a place for authentic, honest conversation and we highly encourage people to disclose any potential conflict of interest in the comment thread.&quot;<p>...which misses the point <i>entirely</i>. The conflicts-of-interest are with <i>the moderators themselves</i>, and friends-of-friends of the submitters. And given the culture of PH, very few people will disclose a conflict of interest willingly if it hurts them.<p>I&#x27;m not reassured that anything will change in the near future.<p>EDIT: Added my comment to the comments on the Medium article.