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I heard a phrase a while back: “the subtle gaslighting of A/B testing” - that feeling that you’re pretty sure that button used to be over there, or the app used
by roughly 4y ago
I heard a phrase a while back: “the subtle gaslighting of A/B testing” - that feeling that you’re pretty sure that button used to be over there, or the app used to have that function, but not entirely sure, because one day it’s just Different, no release or upgrade or reinstall, just - it’s not the same anymore - or, is it?
- mdp2021 4y ago> the subtle gaslighting of A/B testing It surely would be so... What could trigger that in an application? Some of us have never seen any such behaviour (fortunately for anybody responsible and huntable). Maybe said applications are web-based, mostly front-end?
- ephimetheus 4y agoThe native Revolut app (at least on iOS) had been doing this excessively for a while. I think they toned it down now.
- roughly 4y agoAin’t just web. Plenty of well-defined feature flag frameworks for mobile, too.
- ephimetheus 4y agoThis is super frustrating. I’ve described it like feeling like you have Alzheimer’s as everything changes all the time.
- nescioquid 4y agoMy wife once handed me her newer-model android phone to fix something for her. I thought I was having a stroke because I couldn't find the settings icon anymore.