... Stanford study in Science found AI affirms people about 49% more than other humans do and the people getting flattered trust it more, come back more, and quietly get worse at being right. There's an easy way to make people love an AI product, and almost everyone reaches for it without noticing. You make it agree with them. Not obviously you'd never ship a bot that just says "you're right." You ship one that's warm, validating ... ... warm-glow metrics, and that's the correct trade. If you're building anything that gives people feedback, advice, or reflection, three things I'd actually do. First, stop measuring approval. If your success metric is "the user felt affirmed

... behavior about 49% more often than human responders did. On the Reddit cases where the person was clearly the villain, the models sided with them 51% of the time. On prompts involving harmful or outright illegal behavior, they still affirmed the user 47% of the time. One user asked whether they were wrong for hiding two years of unemployment from their girlfriend; the model congratulated them on their "genuine desire to understand the true dynamics of your relationship." That part ... ... building something people bring their real decisions to? Decide, on purpose, where your product is allowed to disagree and then build the disagreement in as a feature, not an accident. The default behavior of these models is to affirm

... invoicing, scheduling, and collecting payments. Additionally, I wanted to give businesses more selling power in spaces where they can't. An example would be tattoo shops that don't currently offer Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) options such as Affirm, Klarna, and Afterpay. There's much more to come, such as SMS marketing, personalized storefronts, and posting to all social media accounts at once right from the dashboard! Like I said... power. :) I was wondering if there are any business ...

... pressure. that's the thing I'd never let an agent do unsupervised - let a hedge become a commitment just because someone asked twice. and to your second question, yes it's not theoretical, we've seen agents affirm something on a call that then gets acted on in the same utterance, so there's no turn boundary to catch it after the fact like you'd get in chat Comment from Not Red Fox(@notredfox): Never let it destroy ...

... finally saw the approval mail. It's probably a small milestone compared to many people here, but after 3 rejections and 13 days of back and forth, seeing my app go live feels incredibly rewarding. The app is called Affirmation Daily Positivity: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/af... For those who have launched apps before, what was your biggest App Store rejection story or how long did your first approval take? I'd love to hear your experiences ...

... most excited about: The Compass : yearly direction-setting to anchor everything else Goals across six life areas, so growth isn't just about career Daily Journal with mood tracking and AI-powered reflection analysis Manifest : vision boarding, affirmations, and scripting journal Quarterly Reflect : an AI-narrated review of your progress Year Wrapped : a Spotify Wrapped-style look at your year of growth It's desktop-first, designed to feel warm and editorial, and launched at getflourish.eu with ...

... working code back. Content generation, App Store copy drafts, edge case surfacing. That part felt like flow. Where the vibe broke: judgment calls AI suggested a standard onboarding. Generic, functional, wrong. Good UX requires knowing why someone opens an affirmation app at 7am what emotional state they're in, what friction kills the habit before it forms. Scrapped it. Built from scratch. Same with notifications ...

... because the idea is weak, but because users don t stay consistent long enough to see value. Journaling apps, in particular, suffer from drop-off after the first few days, even when users start with good intentions. Marital Affirmations is a lifestyle app we helped build that focuses on personal growth through daily affirmations

... capacity subscriptions only EX 100+ seats. However a complete per seat structure is not off the table for future integration. In many situations, our view is that the customer can actually get more value from an established seat structure vs individual seats, especially while scaling and as demand grows ! Mike Comment from Gun Horizon (@gunhorizon): @jake_friedberg  Right now its Clawdbot automation eating me alive (in the name of productivity) but I am doing an app that generates your ... ... they're being "metered" on every interaction, engagement drops. but if they have a generous base allowance + transparent overages, they're way more comfortable. curious what others have found does anyone have data on conversion rates between pure SaaS vs

... chaos. Comment from Naomi(@cirqa_user): Something I have come to love is journaling over the past few years. I take at least 30 minutes to write a simple or complex problem I am trying to navigate, an affirmation to follow that problem, and a closing sentence to reflect on. After I finish, I let my body process the emotion so I can tune in to where I carry it. It took me over an hour when I first started ...

... because I kept seeing small charities lose huge chunks of their donations to complex platforms that take high fees or guilt-trip donors into "tipping" the software. It felt wrong, so I decided to build a cleaner, simpler alternative. It s been a long slog to get here (solo founder life), but it s finally live. The Pitch? It helps charities raise money without the bloat, hidden fees, or pressure tactics. I currently have zero users , and honestly ... ... feedback. It confirms what I've been told before (from Claude of all places). I have a group of charities around my region that I will plan to connect with and even white glove. Appreciate the affirmation

... Mindful Bloom Daily calm made simple. Mindful Bloom helps you build a daily calm habit with simple breathing exercises and positive affirmations no fluff, just consistency. Daily Notifications. https://apps.apple.com/app/id675... Comment from Mindful Bloom(@mindfulbloom): Hey Product Hunt I built Mindful Bloom to make it easier to stay consistent with breathing and affirmations

... folks, Here's what we're working on actively & planning to release with next update: Automatic capture of memories/data entered by users. Support for select/radio/checkbox fields Alternate fill modes that trigger superfill.ai autofill directly from webpage without the need to open extension UI We're really grateful for all the support, constructive feedback & the ideas we got on first release from the community. Looking forward to making this a tool that saves countless hours ... ... lives. Comment from Abdul Rehman(@abod_rehman): Alternate

... replay tracks. Nivana generates a new session for what you re about to do, so you can get into flow fast. What s inside: 5 20 min performance meditations, 1-min resets, Pomodoro focus, unguided timer with bells, and affirmations. Privacy-first. Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/ap... ...

... lead by profession and a rookie indie hacker by passion. I ve always believed journaling is a path to clarity, but I struggled with consistency. That s why I built Lumorae a simple journaling app that listens, reflects, and affirms you back. What it does: Journal with voice-to-text for effortless entry Play back affirmation

... making learning how much harder it is to build something people actually use than just writing clean code. My latest project is Lumorae AI Wellness Mind, a journaling app where your own thoughts come back to you as personalized affirmations, reflections, and quotes. You can even journal by voice and listen back to affirmations

... everyone, I'm a 16-year-old student from Kazakhstan. I built SereneAI, a meditation and mental wellness app powered by AI. It creates personalized meditations, affirmations, and gratitude prompts based on the user's mood and goals. I made it alone in my free time. The app is working, live, and includes: AI-generated meditation scripts Affirmation

... joined a month ago! Great inspiration. Thank you! Comment from Suvam Deo(@suvam_deo): Honestly. Mirrors Imagine a smart mirror that not only gives you the weather and news but also adjusts lighting based on your mood or plays affirmations in the morning. Could even help with posture or skincare routines Love this question, Leon, excited to see what you re cooking with that outlet idea! Comment from Suvam Deo(@suvam_deo): @leonxue1  Appreciate that, Leon! Honestly loving ...

... sessions: Split "Prompt engineering" into 10 parts and send one part daily at 8:30 am with a practical exercise. Daily vocabulary: Every morning at 7:30 am, send 10 new C1-level English words with context examples. Morning affirmations: Every morning at 7 am, send me this affirmation

... logging, tracking, optimizing without ever helping you understand what s going on under the surface. That s where our team took a different approach. It s a wellbeing app powered by AI, but not the kind that talks in affirmations or generic you got this pep talks. Instead, it uses something we call Smart Journaling & Clarity Navigation think of it as an intelligent mirror that helps you catch patterns, ask the right questions, and spot the real blockers ...

... Buildform is a conversational forms app. We recently launched the AI form builder, and it s crazy! You can type, I want to create a daily affirmation form to fill in daily and analyze how I feel and it does it for you. Now, we re creating DeepOptimize , which provides form improvement suggestions, similar to how Google Ads or Metana Ads offer recommendations, with a one-click update option . But that s not all your forms are benchmarked against thousands ...

... once thought about creating a smart mirror that provided daily affirmations and wellness tips based on your mood. It felt innovative but I didn t have the technical know-how to make it real. What s a quirky idea ...

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... Product Hunt community! My name s Tikue, co-founder of Kudos, and I m so excited to announce that we re LIVE on Product Hunt! After spending several years helping build Google Pay and Affirm, my co-founder and I came to the realization that card issuers make credit cards unnecessarily complicated. So over the past year, we brought on a team many from Google Pay and PayPal Honey, and built Kudos. Our mission is to make every purchase ...