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I think arguing about what you did is right or wrong misses the point. You're free to say whatever you want on your own blog. For the record though, I had no
by physcab 17y ago
I think arguing about what you did is right or wrong misses the point. You're free to say whatever you want on your own blog. For the record though, I had no idea who you were before reading your previous two posts, but after reading your third, I'm left with a negative impression of your writing and probably will not be coming back and will probably associate that with your HN username as well.
- Murkin 17y agoHow is a blog post different than websites in this respect. 90% of the posts here speak about improving conversion (A/B testing and such) instead of adding features. How much value that adds ? _ZERO_. But you accept that. Now explain to me how that is different than iterating/engineering your blog posts ?
- steveklabnik 17y agoImproving conversion rates may very well add value. 'Value' != 'features', it's entirely possible that a site has a bad conversion rate because it's confusing or hard to use. A/B testing helps to improve this, which is certainly 'more value' in my mind.
- Murkin 17y agoSo does a well written and targeted blog post. Website owners do it for money. Bloggers and Twitterers do it for fame. I would personally love to see more posts on Good writing, Audience targeting and Engagement.
- ryanelkins 17y agoPeople want to learn how to manipulate others, not how they themselves were manipulated. The fact that this article which basically just says "I don't try to manipulate you!" has been sitting at the top for a while validates this. When people are done being offended maybe they will realize that there is something to learn from it, whether you agree with it or not. It would be interesting to see how this would have played out if the target of this "hack" had been someone other than the HN community themselves.
- wgj 17y agoI read all three maxklein posts in question. To me the issue is not in testing, marketing or conversions. It is embedded in the subtext of comments like this: > ...unimportant people with low follower counts. This shows a fundamental lack of respect for people who choose to give you their time and attention. You worked to get my attention. Don't turn around and insult me. Publicly.