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The when and where of product feedback

Des Traynor · Intercom Blog Free Intermediate

This is the companion piece that explains why the context around a piece of feedback (who said it, when, and in what mood) changes how much weight it deserves. It is a useful corrective for founders who treat every support ticket or DM as equally important, which becomes a real problem once feedback starts arriving continuously instead of from a handful of early testers. Read it alongside the churn and support flow you are already reading.

• The circumstances behind a piece of feedback change how much it should count.
• Feedback said in frustration reads differently than feedback said calmly.
• Build a habit of noting context, not just the content, of what customers tell you.