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This is exactly the kind of post I come to HN to read. Thank you for posting this as it attempts to answer an interesting question I didn't even think to ask.
by sesteel 7y ago
This is exactly the kind of post I come to HN to read. Thank you for posting this as it attempts to answer an interesting question I didn't even think to ask.
- jkuria 7y agoGlad to hear this. Apparently, unfortunately, for many HN'ers, this is exactly the kind of post they don't want to see! There has been a movement clamoring for a pure tech HN without any marketing business-y type of stuff. Only articles about the finer points of segment tuning and tweaking x86 assembly registers! Or all the reasons why classes can never really approach the elegance and terseness of classic K&R C structs. Or how Common Lisp and Scheme have this and that and the other but only that and no more :) The former are really life skills that make even the most hardcore techies more effective human beings!
- amelius 7y ago> Glad to hear this. Apparently, unfortunately, for many HN'ers, this is exactly the kind of post they don't want to see! There has been a movement clamoring for a pure tech HN without any marketing business-y type of stuff. Or ... perhaps many HN folks just hate the concept of hacking the human brain to generate more sales.
- sesteel 7y agoTrue, but it seems knowing how I'm being hacked helps me avoid it. There are several comments in this thread that share devious methods for increasing conversion. Now I know some new things to look out for.
- darkwizard42 7y agoI'm seconding this. I'm also really enjoying the discussion thats coming from people who have run online stores/checkouts. Its an entire world that I don't really spend time in, but lots of the techniques feel really relevant as I do plenty of checking out online.