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Nika

What are your criteria when you upvote for products? 🔼

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Without the fact that someone asks me to upvote, I usually give my votes in these situations: – I need to like the product. – It has to be valuable in my process (e.g. video creation), or related to my hobbies or niché. – I usually upvote without being asked in that situation. (Indeed, some products that "don't ask me" to pay them attention, get my attention.) How do you approach the upvoting system?

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Alexander Galitsky
when someone hits me on linkedin with an ego-inflating msg: "you're a thought leader on PH, and your support would mean so much for us..." I mean, damn how can I possibly not support them lol?
Nika
@ag94 :DDDDD I think that someone created a template for this (probably ChatGPT) and it is a widely used phrase.
Alexander Galitsky
@busmark_w_nika most likely:) but it's so flattering, how can I resist?
Toby Rowland
I'm really driven by the Relationship with the founder(s). If I know them on X, and they're looking for upvotes, I usually do it.
Nika
@toby_rowland The same. Strong relationship plays a role.
Emily Willis
Launching soon!
Hi Nika, I upvote.... - If I like the product (& have a personal use for it), or... - If I can see a unique benefit for the product (to people, the planet or business), ie it fills a gap - & videos & images help in this process
Nika
@emily_willis1 Good additional point – I am more likely to trust the product (even to buy) when I have trust in it (videos and showing the face of a founder helps a lot). Thank you that you pointed this out.
Artyom Zhuravlev
If after reading the description and a few slides I say "Wow"
Nika
@artyom_zhuravlev yes, this is the very first thing that should "invite you" to click on the PH launch page. I just didn't think about that when was writing this. Thank you for mentioning it, Artyom. :)
Abhishek Deshpande
@busmark_w_nika It depends on what problem the product is solving. How uniquely it is represented.
Varun C Bhagath
To be honest, I only consider products for Upvoting which: 1) I understand the use case 2) Is in my domain (education) 3) Relevant for my daily use professionally and personally What gets my Upvote is the care taken to project the product to the stakeholders which includes the PH community.
Nika
@varun_bhagath thank you for breaking this into the points. As I can see, we are almost for the same :)
Tony Tong
For me, it's all about fun! If a product is engaging, creative, or adds an element of excitement to my routine, it's definitely getting an upvote. It's all about enjoying the process and finding things that bring a smile or spark curiosity!
Nika
@tonyabracadabra and what about products you are asked to pay for? I suppose that those need to be somehow useful for you. 🙂
Nika
BTW, people usually chase me on my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nika... But I would be more honoured if you chased me on my newsletter: 🥹 https://businessandmarketing.sub... or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@busines...
Nick from FirstHR
It's important for me to see that the team was ready for the launch and was able to clearly explain their product. Because there is no desire to vote for a team that is not even willing to spend time presenting their product to the community.
James Cooper
If these products are useful and practical to me, I generally tend to upvote for them.
Thomas Jackson
For me, key criteria are: 1) Is it solving a real problem in a novel way? 2) How polished and user-friendly is the UX/UI? 3) Do the founders seem passionate and committed to their vision? 4) Is there strong potential for growth? If a product checks those boxes, it earns my upvote! đź‘Ť
Achille Cavinato
personally, I simply upvote products that fit one of the below criteria: - i find it beautiful - i found it useful for myself - i think they could be useful for others - even when product are in alpha version or feel clumsy, if i like the idea behind the product and it is worth to keep developing the product, i support them to give feedbacks to the makers that, from my pov, they are on the good way to do something wonderful in essence, all the products that make life better and that deserve to be spread :)