Isn't producthunt (and similar) aimed at VCs fishing for unicorns? The idea being that they'll know to then market your product where it belongs so they can grow it and make their billion. If that's not it, then vcfish.com is $12/year and available

That sounds right. Now, I haven’t used producthunt but I believe they market themselves differently, with a heavy focus on ”creator community” and I believe they also call the VCs ”hunters”, suggesting perhaps that people are there looking for products to use and purchase, rather than an early investor club. LinkedIn, but instead of laborers and employees, it’s early founders and VCs? Doesn’t sound as sexy, and definitely not very indie hacker, tinkerer, explorer vibe. I don’t know if that’s the case, but it nevertheless feels like a mismatch between messaging and reality.