Paolo Shamoon

UCLA Alum - building @usehonestly. prev.

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

@MrBeast 1692794

[Scott Davidson Jr @ScottDavidsonJr]

Honestly is live on @ProductHunt 🚀

It’s our biggest launch ever and we’re pouring everything into it.

We’re #2 as a bootstrapped company- a YC startup with millions in funding is at #1.

If you can support, it would mean the world and show you can still win while staying lean!

[Scott Davidson Jr @ScottDavidsonJr]

On Thursday, Honestly did the impossible.

We grinded our way to a top spot on @ProductHunt with 10x less resources than competitors.

But we’re not done yet.

We’re 10 votes away from top #3 product of the week - help us get there (check comments)!

#producthunt #buildinpublic

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

@NainsiDwiv50980 🚀🚀

[Nainsi Dwivedi @NainsiDwiv50980]

Nobody trusts the reviews on your website. They open a new tab and Google "[your product] reddit."

That happens 32 billion times a year — because a stranger with nothing to gain beats a 5-star rating you might've paid for.

But here's what breaks it: bots already outnumber humans online. Soon "just read the comments" stops working too.

The game isn't finding opinions anymore. It's proving which ones are real.

That's the whole moat now.
Honestly is built on exactly this 👇
https://t.co/SHhafU421q

[Anuj @anujcodes_21]

AI agents are overrunning the internet. Finding real customer opinions is getting harder by the day.

You know the feeling.

You search for what people actually think about your product.
Half the "reviews" are AI-generated. The other half are sponsored.
Real opinions are buried somewhere between bots and paid posts.

I used to spend hours scrolling Reddit threads and TikTok comments just to find the truth.

Then I found @usehonestly, which launched today on Product Hunt.

It cuts through the chaos of social media  by discovering verified conversations about your product across Reddit, TikTok, X, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook - then turns them into insights your team can actually act on.

Here's what it does:

➟ Crawls every platform where real shoppers talk
➟ Verifies every opinion, removing anything that isn’t authentic
➟ Identifies customer feedback at the product level (not just brand)
➟ Surfaces trends across domestic and overseas markets
➟ Spots creators already talking about your products (unclaimed affiliates = money left on the table)

No more dashboards full of noise, just the signal that matters.

What this actually means:

✓ Fix product issues before they go viral
✓ Catch trends before your competitors to maximize social reach
✓ Recover lost revenue by onboarding creators already promoting you

32B "[product] reddit" searches per year.
90% of consumers say authenticity matters.
79% trust unpaid UGC over brand content.

The real conversation isn't on your review page anymore.

👉 Stop guessing what your customers are saying. Know it.
📌 See what social media honestly thinks about your product → https://t.co/gA6IkJw1vK

@usehonestly is live on ProductHunt right now: https://t.co/bFhW5isAJB

🔄 Repost if you've ever spent an hour scrolling Reddit just to find one honest opinion.
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#CustomerInsights #MarketResearch #UGC #AI #Honestly #ProductHunt

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

@boardyai Building https://t.co/Ne8oynSgxi

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

Is there a startup that’s like Duolingo but it focuses on songs that you’re listening to and will teach you words from that song?

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

Apple AI doing the most

[Stripe @stripe]

Today, we’re launching the @link wallet for agents. It lets you securely empower agents to spend on your behalf. Your payment credentials are never exposed and you approve every purchase.

https://t.co/TcvEiVNth9

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

"your credit score went down" emails are so useless like yeah I know I was the one who ran it up.

[Cory Levy @cory]

this is pretty cool

some MIT students turned a building into a giant playable game of Tetris on Saturday at midnight

rigged each window with LEDs

MIT students are on a diff level

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

Macbook air M5 24g ram and thermal pads is the best investment you can make.

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

@heat_bender Great email from him, gave @srikrishnang a follow!

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can’t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
…

Just keep going ✌️

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

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[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

@emmanuel_s Any plans on adding the bubble AI agent on all Bubble websites? Currently it's only available for websites using the Bubble AI builder?

[Paolo Shamoon @nichael_jackson]

Not being able to copy and paste large files in Notion might be the reason I switch 🥲 @ivanhzhao It's so hard to import large text files constantly since we're logging all of our call transcripts in notion.
Has anyone found a way to fix this?