Jens Schumacher

Aha!, Productboard, Canny, UserVoice different tools, same problem: public feature voting is broken.

It sounds simple: let users vote, then build what they want.

In reality, public voting doesn't create transparency.

It creates bias at scale.

Maybe this post will help makers understand how much people are willing to spend, what products are useful to them, and what the main motive for buying is.

I personally try to keep track of how much and what I spend. Before I invest in something, I consider:

• what will be the return on it (i.e. whether I will earn something by buying/investing in a product),

• whether it will be profitable for me in the long term,

• whether it will save me time.