How reviews, comments and influence work here
Write reviews, reply to feedback, follow makers and track your standing in the community.
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Leave a review
Reviews are how makers give each other feedback. To write one, sign in with a confirmed email and have a live listing of your own. You can review a product once, and your review needs at least 80 characters. Hit publish and it goes live straight away—no queue.
You cannot review your own work.
From the bench: product reviews
Maker Launches lays out its Product reviews at /reviews, under "Bench reviews" in the footer once one is published. Each was commissioned by the maker of the project, is labelled as such and is not editable by the maker. Community reviews stay on each project's own shelf.
Reply to feedback
If you own a listing or manage it with team access, post one public reply under each review. You can edit or delete it later. The person who wrote the review gets notified the first time you reply.
Comments and reports
Signed-in visitors with a confirmed email can comment on any launch and reply to other comments. If a review or comment gets reported by 3 different people, it's hidden until the team checks it. Reported listings are always checked by hand and are never hidden automatically.
Use the Report link to flag anything that breaks the rules.
Follow and share
Follow a founder, a company or a product with the Follow button. You'll see their news in your notices—set how often at /account/notifications. Companies can post updates shown on their listing and gathered at /updates.
Share any launch on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, Threads, WhatsApp or email. Each listing has a share page with ready-to-paste text and a copy-link button.
Build your influence
Influence is earned by being active: write reviews, comment on launches, get votes on your own product, and sign in regularly. You cannot buy it. Higher influence can give your vote more weight. Check your level at /account/influence.
Questions people ask
- Do I need to own a product to write a review?
- Yes. You must have a live listing of your own and a confirmed email address. You can review once per product.
- What happens if someone reports my review?
- If 3 people report it, it's hidden while the team looks at it.
- Can I buy influence?
- No. Influence is earned only by signing in regularly, writing reviews and comments, and getting votes on your own launches.
- Where are the Product reviews on Maker Launches?
- At /reviews. Community reviews are on each project's page.