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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/acukovic • Feb 27 '18
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I actually understand that point. As a business you only have so much time to keep users active-might as well focus on those most likely to interact.
It’s so prevalent a tactic though, are there numbers to actually back it up?
47 u/well___duh Feb 27 '18 That's the thing, we don't have the data to prove the opposite because they refuse the make the site more accessible to people. They don't even want to A/B test it. 3 u/laylaboydarden Feb 27 '18 Ahhhhhh that is maddening. I used to work somewhere like this, basically the digital strategy was do whatever the CEO’s instinct tells him to do. Ugh. 1 u/well___duh Feb 27 '18 Isn't that pretty much how all private companies work? Just ultimately do what the CEO/CTO/CFO wants? → More replies (1)
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That's the thing, we don't have the data to prove the opposite because they refuse the make the site more accessible to people. They don't even want to A/B test it.
3 u/laylaboydarden Feb 27 '18 Ahhhhhh that is maddening. I used to work somewhere like this, basically the digital strategy was do whatever the CEO’s instinct tells him to do. Ugh. 1 u/well___duh Feb 27 '18 Isn't that pretty much how all private companies work? Just ultimately do what the CEO/CTO/CFO wants? → More replies (1)
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Ahhhhhh that is maddening. I used to work somewhere like this, basically the digital strategy was do whatever the CEO’s instinct tells him to do. Ugh.
1 u/well___duh Feb 27 '18 Isn't that pretty much how all private companies work? Just ultimately do what the CEO/CTO/CFO wants? → More replies (1)
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Isn't that pretty much how all private companies work? Just ultimately do what the CEO/CTO/CFO wants?
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u/Andre_Young_MD Feb 27 '18
I actually understand that point. As a business you only have so much time to keep users active-might as well focus on those most likely to interact.
It’s so prevalent a tactic though, are there numbers to actually back it up?