Re:How to Validate Demand for Your Product
by marktangotango on Friday December 30, 2016 @06:12AM
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>> a thread with 140 points is not really a good gauge for demand
It's a much stronger signal than 5 threads with zero upvotes!
besides the n.1 issue in doing demand validation is "people will say they're interested into something but when asked to put money down very few do it"
crowdfounding is a very good way to get people to put money down, but you need a huge reach for it to be a valid metric.
other than that, it's mostly luck and bullshit.