Why did you lose your Product Hunt streak and what was your record?
@charlie_hb started quite an interesting thread where he outlined on which days people lose their streaks the most often.
He showed some stats regarding days in a week, but I am still lacking the reasons.
The most common ones I have heard were:
"I was travelling" (different time zones, so I lost track of time)
"It was the weekend." (or holidays)
"I lost my motivation."
What was the real reason that you didn't continue, and what was your streak record?
(I also almost lost my streak once because, for a while, the day count only responded to opening PH in the app.)
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I lost a bit streak, simple answer is: I was not able to keep up with so many channels as a solo builder and decided to focus on others. Trying to build a new streak now... not sure I can commit to be around daily, so let's see how far I get.
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@norteapp Which platform did you prefer before?
@busmark_w_nika X has a nice community of builders, Reddit is gold for my app, and LinkedIn is where I have the most followers. So I spent most time on those.
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@norteapp I have it almost like the opposite – LI, X and Reddit (but to be honest, I use this one when I want to have laughter) :D
@busmark_w_nika I am a 43yo grandpa... LinkedIn used to be the thing when I was growing my career 10 years ago. Things change.
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@george_esther Ufff sorry to hear that, not gonna lie, for me it is sometimes hard to remember which day I had yesterday :D
ZeroHuman.
I’ve been active on Product Hunt for 2 years and 3 months, and I’ve only missed 2 days.
The first time was when my wife and I were traveling to another country. With all the check-in stuff and getting settled, I didn’t even realize I hadn’t opened Product Hunt. Back then I was only using it from my computer. Later on I started using it on my phone too, which basically removed that risk.
The second “missed” day wasn’t really a miss. I just messed up the Product Hunt time window. I logged in about an hour before the new Pacific Time day started, and then again a few minutes after the next Pacific Time day had already ended. So in my head I hadn’t missed it, but because of the time zone, the platform counted it as a miss.
At this point, it’s super easy for me to keep my streak going:
1. Have Product Hunt on your phone: this alone removes like 90% of the risk, even if you’re traveling.
2. Turn it into a routine: log in at the same time every day.
3. Be active in discussions: it keeps you accountable.
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@byalexai No3 is the best point, because you have a proof you were active :)
No real streaks, but I definitely fall off the map while deep in developer mode or the post-productive exhaustion phase.
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@sweeteyecandy At least, you were working on something meaningful! :)