When you re hungry for feedback, it s tempting to listen to every user who has an opinion on what to build next. But recently, we realized that building for high volume free users was actually diluting the core experience for our ideal paying customers.
Saying no to enthusiastic users is tough, especially when you want to keep your community active and engaged.
For founders who have balanced early feedback loops: how do you systematically separate high-value signal from broad feature request noise?
I m just getting started on my SaaS journey and, like many beginners, I m facing the classic challenge choosing the right idea to work on.
I feel like I might be overthinking it. On one hand, I just need to dive in and build something to gain experience. But at the same time, I want to ensure I m working on a valuable idea with real potential.
So as you have already guessed I have a husky. It loves to add some horror movie vibes to my video calls by singing songs of his people. I occasionally see my colleagues' pets during calls, which triggers different reactions of the meeting members ranging from "oooh" to "oh". What's your take on this?
In December, the Product Hunt team shifts gears to focus on planning for next year, our hackathon, and some much-needed rest and relaxation. We hope that you are also able to give yourself a break. Whether that means spending time with friends and family or making space for an interesting side project, you deserve to step away from the normal routine towards something more fun. With the holidays to look forward to as we near 2022, here s a roundup of features we debuted this week. - More ways to search. Product Hunt is more than the latest products and now our search reflects that. We added search fields to discussions
I've tried Reddit posts, a few Discord communities, and cold DMs. Most responses were polite silence. The few people who did respond gave feedback that was too vague to act on. "Looks cool." "Nice idea." Nothing that changed what I built.
The problem isn't finding people it's finding people who care enough to tell you something uncomfortable.
So for those who got past this stage: where did your first 10 users who actually gave actionable feedback come from? Not "post on Twitter," a specific channel, a specific approach, a specific thing that worked. And the harder follow up: what did you do with the vague feedback before you found the useful feedback?
