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Sshhhh. So many people will lose so many bullshit jobs if this gets discussed widely. There are entire tertiary industries built on top of front-end tracking an
by dccoolgai 6y ago
Sshhhh. So many people will lose so many bullshit jobs if this gets discussed widely. There are entire tertiary industries built on top of front-end tracking and most people with a modicum of analytical ability know it's turtles all the way down.
- jkdfslgjklgdf 6y agoWhat do you mean by "turtles"?
- dccoolgai 6y agoA turn of phrase: https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down In this context, I'm referring to the "trust us, it works" attitude that people who sell/provide analytics on front-end tracking use to justify their effort/expense. Based on experience, when you point out obvious problems doing analytics with JS, they keep repeating the mantra "but you _need_ front-end analytics" infinitely.
- d0gbread 6y agoI thought this wasn't talked about because we all understand the limitations, accept them, and still find value. This sounds like a maturity thing, not a tool thing. Lots of user experience professionals find utility in data that serves discovery and design sprints. Lots of product management professionals find utility in data that serves validating incremental feature engagement.