3 ms·
> removed because people were actually using them Wait, so Yahoo leadership was optimizing against user engagement? Sure, they may not be monetized as well as
by btown 11y ago
> removed because people were actually using them
Wait, so Yahoo leadership was optimizing against user engagement? Sure, they may not be monetized as well as other parts of the network, but that seems like a ridiculously shortsighted decision. At this point, Yahoo's only growth case is if it starts to gain mindshare, not just reapportioning the eyeballs they already have...
- andy_ppp 11y agoYep! "Make something <strike>people want</strike> as much short term money as possible".
- gcb0 11y agothe other teams probably made a point that by showing your emails on the front page the user would not have to click the ymail link and thus print two extra ads. hence losing money. what they get instead is less users overtime and lose progressively more. but hey, someone did his job of driving ads up that quarter.