Crossed 2400 followers on Product Hunt. Is follower count a vanity metric?
Olena Bomko
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Congratulation! 🙂 I think that the Product Hunt follower count is a good metric but I appreciate engagement more 🙂
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@matheus_alencar @busmark_w_nika Agree with Nika :)
@busmark_w_nika I'm curious, is there a minimum amount of followers that's recommended to get before launching a product? (for best product success)
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@matheus_alencar I would not rather say any number. Because someone can be a newbie on PH with 2 followers and is pretty popular on Twitter with 50k followers who will gladly support him/her. So it can be tricky to say a certain amount.
@busmark_w_nika True, that makes sense :)
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Well done Olena! I don’t think that it’s vain at all. It’s encouraging to keep doing what you’re doing. As long as those followers engage with your content and aren’t just a number.
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@simona_o_neill3 Yes, yes, and yes!
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Congrats Olena!
PH followers is not vanity at all. On the contrary, it's over powered. With no followers, everything one does on Product Hunt becomes significantly harder.
If you see the top Discussions, they're mostly dominated by people with 1000+ followers.
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This is a super good result, why not be happy? :)
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Followers do have value: your followers get notifications for each question you post and each product you hunt.
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@fabian_maume I'm following your Linkedin tool!
Btw, Ringly.io is launching today, and we need your support as well!
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@fabian_maume O-o, a good point.
Congrats! might it stand for in terms of authority?
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@heyalbert I think - yes!
Congrats! I am trying to increase my followers as well.
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Shouldn't be vanity! Because you worked to get it till here. Worked hard, right? And this number shows that. Upvotes, comments etc are a bigger way to assess, but no number is less important.
Congrat! When you hunt a product, followers get notified!
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Wow that's a lot, what has made you being so active on Producthunt?
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@joonatanvanhala I wanted to understand how it worked. My clients needed this.
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@olenabomko I see! Well looks like the hard work is paying off!
Congratulations on hitting the 2400 followers milestone, Olena! While follower count can be seen as a vanity metric, it also reflects growing visibility and potential influence in the Product Hunt community.
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Congratulations on crossing 2400 followers on Product Hunt, Olena! While follower count can be seen as a vanity metric, it also reflects a growing community interested in what you're offering.
Follow count isnt a vanity metric IF you're doing product launches or hunting for projects . It helps with the visibility
Wow @olenabomko, that's incredible, good job!
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Congrats Olena!
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oh woooow! that's huuuge 💪🥳
That's awesome! Congrats! That's like a small village following you now :)
Follower count isn't pure vanity, but I think quality of followers matters more than quantity any day! How long did it take you to achieve this?