Away Mode is an Alexa skill that tricks unwanted visitors into thinking someone insufferable is home.
About Away Mode on Product Hunt
“Protect your home with this awkward Alexa skill”
Away Mode launched on Product Hunt on August 1st, 2018 and earned 194 upvotes and 36 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. Away Mode is an Alexa skill that tricks unwanted visitors into thinking someone insufferable is home.
On the analytics side, Away Mode competes within Funny, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Virtual Assistants and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Away Mode performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Away Mode?
Away Mode was hunted by Daniel Greenberg. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Away Mode including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Daniel Greenberg