Every one of these is a good feature. None of them belongs in most first versions. Each adds design, edge cases and testing time before a single user has told you the core idea is worth it.
The usual suspects
- Dark mode — nobody chooses a product for it in week one.
- Team accounts and roles — sell to one person first.
- Native mobile apps — a responsive web app or PWA is enough to learn.
- Social features (feeds, likes, follows) — they need many users to feel alive.
- Integrations — do it manually until people ask twice.
- Advanced analytics dashboards — a spreadsheet will do.
- Gamification (points, badges, streaks) — fix retention after you have users.
- Multiple languages — launch in the one your first users speak.
- Custom onboarding tours — talk to your first users instead.
- An AI assistant bolted on — unless AI is the product, it's a distraction.
How to keep them without building them
Write every cut feature down with a reason. Share the list with early users and let them vote. When three people independently ask for the same thing, it earns its way back in.
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