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explain why Craigslist, temu, etc. are all popular then? :p

• theturtletalks 3mo ago
  Sometimes utility can be so good, users don’t care about design. I was also thinking of it as a business coming to a SaaS website. B2C is filled with so many dark patterns, first impression probably plays less of a role.
• HWR_14 3mo ago
  Craigslist became popular when that was the clean look for a website, and then never bothered updating. Network effects in action. Temu offers people the ability to save money. If your product is "X, but cheaper" you can have a worse UI than X.
  • beezlewax 3mo ago
    Amazon is a hideous looking website too and always has been. Ebay is similar too in that aspect and plenty of others.
    • Urahandystar 3mo ago
      They were established when hideous websites were common changing would cause uproar and possibly alienate a large group of users. Look at Googles web page just a text box on a blank page, no way you are launching with that UI in 2026.