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Exactly - purely "data driven" decisions are how we end up with ads really close to (or overlapping with) some button you want to press, because the data says t
by Arch485 5mo ago
Exactly - purely "data driven" decisions are how we end up with ads really close to (or overlapping with) some button you want to press, because the data says that increase click-through rate! But it's actually a user-hostile feature that everyone hates.
- PhoenixFlame101 5mo agoBut collecting data and looking for insights doesn't mean you mechanically optimize features, especially user-hostile ones? This is just as, if not more, likely to happen when basing your decisions on what people say they want over what they actually do.
- account42 5mo agoIt's easier to not care about users if they are just numbers and you can tell yourself to ignore what they actually say.
- defmacr0 5mo agoIf we were perfectly rational, then yeah, more data should never lead to worse decisions. However, it's easy to fall into the trap where being data-driven makes you only work on those things that you know how to measure.
- account42 5mo agoOr worse, it makes you go look for data backing up the assumptions you already made.
- mgfist 5mo agoThe reason that feature gets implemented is not because the devs think users will like it ... they know users don't want it, but it drives revenue and pays salaries.