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There was a Linus Tech Tips video where he admits that it's stupid, but sadly it works really well. It's a bit like when Wikipedia kept using Jimmy Wales' face
by mrweasel 4y ago
There was a Linus Tech Tips video where he admits that it's stupid, but sadly it works really well. It's a bit like when Wikipedia kept using Jimmy Wales' face in banners requesting donations. People claim to not like it, yet it's was what got the highest conversion rates.
- GLGirty 4y agoGawd those haunting eyes... I wonder how many people donated just to make them stop.
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- dereg 4y agoThis is a clear example of penny-wise but pound-foolish. At no point in a product's lifetime does should machine learning obviate the need for good taste.
- Balgair 4y agoI'm not going to argue that, but that ship sailed back in ~2014. All the FAANGs do live A/B testing like this.
- dereg 4y ago2014 lines up with my memory of when YT recommendations, among many things, started to change for the worse. On a side note, wow. I can’t believe that 8 years have already passed. It feels like yesterday that people were actively debating these topics here on HN.
- alexpotato 4y agoPatrick McKenzie (aka patio11 here) had a post/talk about how when he was working with FogBugz they realized that people LOVE to watch Joel Spolsky talk. In fact, A/B testing showed that the longer the video they put on the home page, the higher the conversion rate.