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Daniel Ferro

PH asks for feedback: What helps you the most when considering new products to try?

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Hey everyone 👋 It’s Daniel here, the newest member of Product Hunt’s product team. As you all know, PH is always on a mission to help people find new and interesting products to use. To take this experience to the next level, we would love to get your opinion on the matter. Currently, there is a lot of information available on the product page, including reviews, alternatives, related products, trending products, comments, badges, makers/hunters, and so on… Which features help you the most when deciding whether a product is worth trying or not? Is there anything else you would like to see us improve (or create) to help you in your product search? Thank you for your feedback, Happy Monday! 😎
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Vivek Katial
If there is something that is strikingly new or innovative -- also things related to social impact!
Daniel Ferro
@vivekkatial thanks for your feedback. have you checked the "social impact" topic page: https://www.producthunt.com/topi... - would that be more or less what you're looking for?
Vivek Katial
@dribeiro_8 Yeah that is useful thanks! Didn't see it get recommended as a topic when I first joined. So thanks! Although, I would say social impact is an umbrella term and really you'd want to have topics for things like climate, sanitation, education, DEI. There are a bunch in there so I'll def make sure to follow them
Paul Hart
I think some soft categorisation / tags would be worth exploring. Ie ‘Indie Dev’ ‘Enterprise SW’… Let makers define themselves into categories and maybe if we want to get complex some simple click / voting by the community to add affirmation where needed. Might create another method for people to discover more related products too..
Daniel Ferro
@snakecharmer thanks Paul! we do use topics to categorise new product launches, but I guess what you're referring to is a new way to categorise users according to their professional area/activity?
Paul Hart
@dribeiro_8 hrmm it’s a bit of a loose thought but I was being product centric. Tag clouds add visual displayed layers of relevance for discovery… then again are tag clouds even a thing anymore? 🤔☺️
Klaus Agnoletti
I would say that a trial version that as unrestrained as possible would help me. It's simply the worst when I signed up for a two week trial of something and then don't get the chance to try the product out within those two weeks. Even if they give me two more weeks it might not end up working for me. What are they so afraid of? People always wants to pay money for good products.
Susie
Hi Daniel 👋 Congrats on your new role. Excited to have you on the team. I have PH mobile scrolling incorporated into my morning routine. When I wake up, I scroll through the list of new apps. The one-liner is perhaps the most interesting thing that catches my eye. If it seems interesting, I'll click on the description, go to the website, and scroll through the comments. Hope this is helpful. -Susie
Michelle Dear
It would be helpful to see if people I follow have upvoted or commented on a product!
Michael Silber
@michelledearxox Thanks, Michelle! We show comment snippets of people you follow from the homepage feed, but it sounds like what you're describing a way to highlight those on the post page itself. Is that right?
Arun Pariyar
Hey Daniel, Welcome to the team 🥳 For me i would have to say that its actually the photo / video along with the text from the maker/hunter that speaks to me the most. I did PH is already doing great job of everything around it. Also while its tempting to make thinks better and better and I have not doubts that there is plenty to work in PH but I would like to just mention that I hope the simplicity of getting around PH should stay as is. The other have pointed out many other things thats worth your attention. I hope this helps as well 👍
John
I think PH is great as it is, with user community comments and reviews of the products. What would be a plus is, probably, if you have a PH team that reviews some products that might be useful for the community. Something like: - Top 5 / Top 10 upcoming products that PH think could be a hit. - Top 5 / Top 10 upcoming products that could be worth checking out. - Top 5 / Top 10 upcoming products for your family. - Top 5 / Top 10 upcoming products for your pets. - Top 5 / Top 10 upcoming products for your mobile device. These are off the beaten path of upcoming products and launches that doesn't know how to promote on PH, but PH thinks that they could be good. I know PH has thousands of upcoming products and launches, but picking a few here and there, could be beneficial for all :)
Davor Kolenc
It would help if we had at least some crude categories for products so that we can follow a certain category we are interested in. Not sure this would be doable though... :)
Daniel Ferro
@davor_kolenc we have product topics and you can also follow them :) Please check this out: https://www.producthunt.com/topi... - is that similar to what you're thinking?
Kazimieras Melaika
Agree with others on the feedback feature! I'd also add something like a filter. Let's say I want to see what's new in the area I'm really interested in. Yeah, it's good to see all the newest products but after seeing those I really would like to filter out and take a more detailed look at them. Btw, we’re launching in late May. Check out our upcoming PH page: www.producthunt.com/upcoming/eff... Our project is called: Effecto. It’s an app for detailed habit, health, symptoms, and meds tracking. Pretty much for everything that is related to your physical or mental health and every daily factor that can affect you.
Daniel Ferro
@kmelaika thanks for your comment. Would you be able to elaborate a bit more on which filtering options you would be interested in? All the best for your launch! :)
Meng Wee Tan
Feedback on whether the features are really useful
Daniel Ferro
@mengwee Thanks Meng! is there any particular format this feedback can be most helpful? (e.g. comments, reviews/ratings, ...)?
Meng Wee Tan
@dribeiro_8 Maybe a short list of key features for each product and let people rate them?
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