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I'm surprised they didn't consider beta testing the feature with a subset of users to see how it'd go first.

mattm 6y ago
According to one of the CEO's replies in the other comment thread, one of the drivers to push forward was that they need to meet their sprint goal. I don't have any inside information but it seems that this could also be a case of the downsides of deadlines. They set a deadline and then all other considerations go out the window when trying to meet that.
- rammy1234 6y ago
  Whoa! Deadline was a reason to push a feature which is big and privacy violating one. Can a bank say due to deadlines we made passwords not encrypted ? The feature which is your core cannot be part of deadlines. If they really intent of user protection, they would have de-scoped it to next sprint.
- ibejoeb 6y ago
  Lol. Gotta have priorities. That's some serious b school negative work.
- srtjstjsj 6y ago
  For anyone who thinks this is too ridiculous to be true, here is the CEO confirming this was rushed out to meet a fake-Agile fake deadline, without regard for how it might affect users or developers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23280137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23280137
- at_a_remove 6y ago
  I am trying to evaluate this as fairly as I can. "Sprint" is one of those words that just ... sets me off. I have to remind myself to be rational and measured in my response. Having said that, "sprint" is not a word I associate with thoughtful progress toward a reasonable goal. What it does say is "rush forward in a heedless manner" and "don't think, just run." Another artificial deadline dressed up with terminology that encourages plunging ahead without due consideration.
- ammon 6y ago
  Yeah, I think that's certainly part of it. I'll try to be more careful with sprints going forward. But I made the initial plan for the opt-out release before the deadline. So it was also just a pretty bad loss of perspective on my part.
ammon 6y ago
We did user research about the profiles, but not (crucially) about the opt-out release. That was the fuck up.
- deirdresm 6y ago
  In a state that permits users to delete their entire data forever and ever, hallelujah. golf clap (One of the 2,000+)

According to one of the CEO's replies in the other comment thread, one of the drivers to push forward was that they need to meet their sprint goal. I don't have any inside information but it seems that this could also be a case of the downsides of deadlines. They set a deadline and then all other considerations go out the window when trying to meet that.

rammy1234 6y ago
Whoa! Deadline was a reason to push a feature which is big and privacy violating one. Can a bank say due to deadlines we made passwords not encrypted ? The feature which is your core cannot be part of deadlines. If they really intent of user protection, they would have de-scoped it to next sprint.
ibejoeb 6y ago
Lol. Gotta have priorities. That's some serious b school negative work.
srtjstjsj 6y ago
For anyone who thinks this is too ridiculous to be true, here is the CEO confirming this was rushed out to meet a fake-Agile fake deadline, without regard for how it might affect users or developers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23280137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23280137
at_a_remove 6y ago
I am trying to evaluate this as fairly as I can. "Sprint" is one of those words that just ... sets me off. I have to remind myself to be rational and measured in my response. Having said that, "sprint" is not a word I associate with thoughtful progress toward a reasonable goal. What it does say is "rush forward in a heedless manner" and "don't think, just run." Another artificial deadline dressed up with terminology that encourages plunging ahead without due consideration.
ammon 6y ago
Yeah, I think that's certainly part of it. I'll try to be more careful with sprints going forward. But I made the initial plan for the opt-out release before the deadline. So it was also just a pretty bad loss of perspective on my part.

ammon 6y ago

We did user research about the profiles, but not (crucially) about the opt-out release. That was the fuck up.

deirdresm 6y ago
In a state that permits users to delete their entire data forever and ever, hallelujah. golf clap (One of the 2,000+)