The hottest User engagement Substack posts right now

And their main takeaways
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Top Technology Topics
UX Psychology 218 implied HN points 13 Oct 23
  1. Measurements of user experience are expanding beyond just functionality and usability to include social dimensions, reflecting the importance of catering to users' social needs and interactions in digital products.
  2. Key social factors like self-expression, social learning, relatedness, communication, and social approval significantly impact user engagement, highlighting the need to address these aspects in UX design.
  3. Newly developed Social UX Scales, such as Identification, Social Interaction, Social Stimulation, and Social Acceptance, offer tools to effectively measure and improve social aspects of modern technology experiences.
quite useless 353 implied HN points 08 Apr 23
  1. Substack announced a new feature called Notes, prompting a negative response from Twitter.
  2. Twitter disabled embedding, likes, and retweets of Substack links, leading to backlash from Substack writers.
  3. The conflict between Substack and Twitter highlights the importance of understanding the nature of platforms and not alienating loyal users.
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Product Mindset's Newsletter 21 implied HN points 07 Jan 24
  1. Product-Led Growth focuses on building products that users love to experience and use.
  2. PLG empowers users to discover value on their own, leading to faster growth, happier customers, and lower costs.
  3. Key principles of PLG include prioritizing user experience, offering a freemium model, embracing virality, tracking data, focusing on value, and building communities.
Li's Newsletter 136 implied HN points 04 Apr 23
  1. User interest in crypto projects is often short-lived and transactional, not fostering psychological ownership.
  2. Psychological ownership is important in changing behavior, increasing loyalty, and fostering contribution in digital products.
  3. Builders in crypto can enhance user retention and engagement by creating a stronger sense of psychological ownership through factors like investment, control, knowledge, and self-congruity.
UX Psychology 198 implied HN points 05 Oct 21
  1. Small improvements near the end of an experience can significantly impact how people remember the entire event.
  2. Highlighting a unique option among similar choices can make it more memorable and likely to be chosen.
  3. As people make progress towards a goal, they tend to speed up their actions to reach it faster, indicating motivation by the remaining distance to the target.
Exzakt Enough 39 implied HN points 05 Mar 23
  1. DraftStocks is a weekly stock-picking game where you can compete with friends to win $25.
  2. The app was built to create a platform for picking stocks and experimenting with different tools and technologies.
  3. Future developments for the app include live pricing, custom contests, and more ways for users to build portfolios.
The Product Channel By Sid Saladi 23 implied HN points 30 Jul 23
  1. Product thinking focuses on understanding user needs and crafting solutions that enrich lives.
  2. Product thinking drives innovation by questioning the status quo and creating user engagement through tailored solutions.
  3. Key principles of product thinking include deeply understanding user needs, challenging assumptions, envisioning future states, and promoting user engagement through great experiences.
David’s Substack 19 implied HN points 28 Feb 23
  1. Half of TikTok's playtime will come from long-form content consumption within 12-24 months.
  2. Creators and brands with over 10K followers should focus on creating long-form content to stay relevant.
  3. Longer-form content on TikTok helps build stronger audience relationships and improves chances of monetization.
Tigerfeathers! 15 implied HN points 09 Mar 23
  1. Sri Mandir is a startup creating an app aimed at transforming devotion for smartphone users in India.
  2. The app combines traditional practices with modern technology, making it nostalgic yet innovative.
  3. Sri Mandir's success highlights the significant market for religious products and the potential for growth and impact in faith-tech industry.
China Story 0 implied HN points 11 May 23
  1. ByteDance launched Lemon8 to capture social media users in the US and UK markets.
  2. Lemon8 is influenced by Xiaohongshu in China and focuses on beauty, fashion, home, and store exploration.
  3. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, uses its experience and creator base to promote Lemon8, connecting it with popular platforms like TikTok and Instagram.