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I’ve been on the test for this design since October 4, 2019, so I’ve actually gotten used to it! But it’s probably a good thing for them to backtrack. I wonder
by baddox 7y ago
I’ve been on the test for this design since October 4, 2019, so I’ve actually gotten used to it! But it’s probably a good thing for them to backtrack. I wonder what went wrong in their clearly lengthy experiment about how this would perform.
- t223 7y agoSomeone was better at persuasion than engineering and got approval to put it into production, ignoring potentially negative A/B test results or flawed feedback methodology.
- tiles 7y agoHow did you remember the precise date? Impressed.
- baddox 7y agoSearchable Slack logs :)
- agloeregrets 7y agoThis design is very successful technically for them and I’m sure it increased Ad click through. The issue was cultural. The articles saying “okay this is too far on making Ads hard to see” and the super hilariously ironic fact that they launched this on the exact day that Basecamp went in front of congress to explain how Google is abusing running ads on trademarks, where this design make it much much worse.