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Do alcohol makers try their own products to ensure consistency day-to-day? I would hope so. I would certainly hope candymakers do too. Those are particularly ba

Do alcohol makers try their own products to ensure consistency day-to-day? I would hope so. I would certainly hope candymakers do too. Those are particularly bad examples.

tubby12345 5y ago
ask yourself if you're willfully misconstruing what i'm saying in order to low brow dismiss my point. jedberg claims he consumed ads every day in order to empathize with this customers. the obvious implication is that everyone at such a company has the obligation to "try their own products".
- jagger27 5y ago
  Your analogy is weak, so I pointed it out. Reddit created their experience a certain way; why would you go out of your way to avoid seeing your product the way your users do? You haven't presented a single argument as to WHY an employee of a software company shouldn't experience their product as their users do.
  - pessimizer 5y ago
    Talking about product testing is a deliberate red herring, though. Nobody was talking about some web designer using adblock during the process of implementing ads on a site. That would be a very difficult hurdle to put in front of yourself.
- kordlessagain 5y ago
  Jedberg, who I know for a fact ran Reddit's infra singlehandedly for a while, claimed he consumed ads as a matter of understanding the user while holding the job. Apparently he grew a brain and decided to block ads after that job, as smart and well informed users tend to do. I suggest turning off JavaScript for most sites, which keeps the ad blocking tasks to a minimum. Blocking trolling users is another matter entirely.
bostik 5y ago
Master distillers definitely do. Not necessarily every single day, but for every single run of the stills, yes. Distillery staff will also occasionally test that the caskets being matured are doing okay. Source: visited 5 out of 7 distilleries on Islay.
- jagger27 5y ago
  > visited 5 out of 7 distilleries on Islay. Oh that would be _wonderful_. Some day!

Do alcohol makers try their own products to ensure consistency day-to-day? I would hope so. I would certainly hope candymakers do too. Those are particularly bad examples.

tubby12345 5y ago

ask yourself if you're willfully misconstruing what i'm saying in order to low brow dismiss my point. jedberg claims he consumed ads every day in order to empathize with this customers. the obvious implication is that everyone at such a company has the obligation to "try their own products".

jagger27 5y ago
Your analogy is weak, so I pointed it out. Reddit created their experience a certain way; why would you go out of your way to avoid seeing your product the way your users do? You haven't presented a single argument as to WHY an employee of a software company shouldn't experience their product as their users do.
- pessimizer 5y ago
  Talking about product testing is a deliberate red herring, though. Nobody was talking about some web designer using adblock during the process of implementing ads on a site. That would be a very difficult hurdle to put in front of yourself.
kordlessagain 5y ago
Jedberg, who I know for a fact ran Reddit's infra singlehandedly for a while, claimed he consumed ads as a matter of understanding the user while holding the job. Apparently he grew a brain and decided to block ads after that job, as smart and well informed users tend to do. I suggest turning off JavaScript for most sites, which keeps the ad blocking tasks to a minimum. Blocking trolling users is another matter entirely.

bostik 5y ago

Master distillers definitely do. Not necessarily every single day, but for every single run of the stills, yes. Distillery staff will also occasionally test that the caskets being matured are doing okay. Source: visited 5 out of 7 distilleries on Islay.

jagger27 5y ago
> visited 5 out of 7 distilleries on Islay. Oh that would be _wonderful_. Some day!