When I launched my side project (md2doc.com) on Product Hunt, I got a dozen messages on X about helping to inflate my launch. Nobody could promise to get me to #1 spot, but they all promised hundreds of upvotes from their farmed account. At the time I thought it was kind of lame, but in hindsight, I think that's the name of the game. Literally everyone who launches ends up bringing an army of upvotes with them; it's either that, or your product is DoA. I've deleted all the spammy X messages, ...