> I'm saying that they have systems in place to measure the impact of the code that they put in production on their bottom line There's a story, and I think i

> I'm saying that they have systems in place to measure the impact of the code that they put in production on their bottom line There's a story, and I think it was (re)posted here recently about a series of MBAs all optimizing the cost of the burger bums by removing seeds until there are three seeds neatly laid out at the top. It might be measurable all the way but at some point it becomes ridiculous. For me that time was some months ago. For the rest of Internet they might manage to reduce the quality once or twice more before it becomes obvious. This is my way of fighting back. By posting here and on my blog and getting upvoted a lot for pointing out what many can already feel. By letting people who read HN know that yes, that feeling they have that a lot of their ads are wasted because of bad targeting might very well be true.