The Regret Index

The world’s first longitudinal archive of human decisions

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The world’s first longitudinal archive of human decisions

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Every day, millions of people face life-changing decisions - career moves, relationships, investments, migration - with almost zero structured data. Reddit has opinions. Google has articles. Nobody has outcomes. The Regret Index changes that. Users submit decisions, rate their regret, and share what they wish they’d known. We follow up at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years. The result: the first dataset of human decision outcomes that evolves over time.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I built The Regret Index because of a simple frustration: every time someone asks "should I quit my job / move abroad / end my relationship" online, they get a flood of opinions - but zero data on what actually happened to people who made that call. So I built the thing that should exist: a structured archive where people submit real decisions, rate their regret (0–10), and share what they wish they'd known. The twist nobody else has - we follow up at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years. Not a snapshot. An arc. The AI report engine lets you describe your situation and get a synthesized insight report pulled from matched real decisions - risks, common outcomes, what people wish they'd done differently. A few things I'd love your take on: → What life decision would YOU want data on before making it? → What's missing that would make this actually useful to you? And if you've made a decision you deeply regret (or surprisingly don't) - please submit it. The dataset is literally the product. Every entry makes the AI smarter for the next person. thankful for any feedback, brutal or otherwise. — Adnan, solo founder @ theregretindex.co

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2mo ago

What's the one decision you'd go back and research properly?

Most of us have at least one - a job we took, a city we moved to, a relationship we stayed in too long (or left too soon).

The Regret Index exists because that question has no good answer online. You get opinions, not outcomes. Anecdotes, not data.

So I built the archive I wished existed: real decisions, real regret scores, and follow-ups at 1yr / 3yr / 5yr to see how people actually feel over time.

Would love to know - what decision would you have wanted real outcome data on before making it? Drop it below. And if you're willing, submit it to the index. Every entry makes the AI report smarter for the next person facing the same choice.

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