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Yes. Also called "growth engineering" and pretty much the basic mode of operation of silicon valley companies.
by xg15 5y ago
Yes. Also called "growth engineering" and pretty much the basic mode of operation of silicon valley companies.
- GreggHyram 5y agoackshually we call it "growth hacking". sounds better to investors ;)
- drivingmenuts 5y ago> ackshually we call it "growth hacking". sounds better to investors ;) Which is strange, because the term “hacking” used to set jimmies a’rustlin’ and underwear a’bunchin’ whenever it came up.
- tata71 5y agoHacking only rustles jimmies when it's happening to them. The first thing a malicious nontechnical investor wants to know about your competition: "Well, can't you just hack them?!" Russ on Silicon Valley came from somewhere, ha..
- Handytinge 5y agoAlso called "being cunty", from a user perspective.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoYeah. And when they design the site to be addictive like a drug, it's "engagement engineering". When they spam us with noise, it's "advertising".
- 90d 5y agoDoubleplusgood, this one.
- oalae5niMiel7qu 5y agoIt's analogous to those sea predators that disguise themselves as a rock so as not to scare away potential prey.