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It's interesting to consider this together with Jeff Bezos's famous quote: "The thing I have noticed is that when the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecd
by jkaptur 4y ago
It's interesting to consider this together with Jeff Bezos's famous quote: "The thing I have noticed is that when the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. There is something wrong with the way that you are measuring it." And my understanding is that he frequently forwards customer feedback to product teams - is this not "Considering one instance of user feedback to represent a pattern"?
Perhaps the synthesis of these ideas is not to overreact to weak signals, but to be sure you're aware of them.
- Mathnerd314 4y agoI think that's just a story about how Amazon is always trying to quantify performance and getting it wrong. Seriously, Google quantifies a lot of things too but they don't screw up. If Bezos still hand picks examples and that's the only way real change can happen, that's probably why Amazon has a reputation as a meat grinder.