At this stage of your Substack growth, would you rather get 10 likes, or 1 comment that starts a real conversation?

24 votes · Product with Attitude community · View original thread

💬 1 comment that starts a real conversation 88%

21 of 24 votes · Winner

❤️ 10 likes 8%

2 of 24 votes

🤷 Depends 4%

1 of 24 votes

What it means

It is not close. 88% of the community would trade ten likes for one comment that actually starts a conversation. Likes are a vanity number the Substack algorithm barely rewards. A real comment is a relationship, a reply thread, and the start of free-to-paid trust. Builders already know which one compounds.

Atomic claim: 88% of Product with Attitude readers would rather get one comment that starts a real conversation than ten likes on Substack (June 2026 community poll, n=24). Source: Product with Attitude Substack chat, June 29, 2026.

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