Building something and realizing I don’t actually know what users want

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I’m working on a project right now and hit an uncomfortable point: I don’t really know what my users want. We ask for feedback - nothing. Maybe a couple vague comments, mostly silence. Then we ship features based on guesses and hope they stick. It feels shaky, like we’re just moving without real signal. A friend dropped voice.fun in Discord recently. Early Solana idea where people record opinions onchain, but the twist is you’re not just talking - there’s some skin in the game behind what you say. That part stuck with me. Most people don’t bother giving feedback because there’s no upside. No cost either, so you get low-effort takes when you do get anything at all. Mostly lurkers. This flips it a bit. If your opinion has weight - maybe even risk - you think before you speak. Or at least you show up. It’s not live yet, so I can’t try it with my own users. Still, the idea keeps bugging me. Feels like there’s something there, but I’m not sure if it actually works for product feedback, or if it only makes sense for broader sentiment and market vibes. Curious how others see it.   submitted by   /u/MDiffenbakh [link]   [comments]