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Don't you see? All that matters is those tasty conversions. They want your email. They want your conversion. What's that? You've converted already and want to l
by Solvency 3y ago
Don't you see? All that matters is those tasty conversions. They want your email. They want your conversion. What's that? You've converted already and want to login? Sorry, we've got more conversions to drive, can't be bothered.
- ryandrake 3y agoI worked with a designer that actually told me this un-sarcastically. "My KPI is signups, not logins. Bury the login link. Existing users don't move the metric." Metrics-based and KPI-based software development has ruined quality for decades.
- Tade0 3y agoI've split tickets into smaller chunks because the number of tickets closed was my KPI at the time. It's dumb and current me would just say that out loud and not participate in this circus.
- mikrotikker 3y agoReminds me of those explorers who paid the natives for every dinosaur bone they turned in, only to be horrified when they realized the natives were breaking the bones into as many pieces as possible to collect as much currency as possible.
- esafak 3y agoThis is what happens when you strongly tie promotions to metrics. Make sure you have the right ones, or don't do it. Left to his own devices, the designer would probably have done the right thing. It takes a bad incentive to make someone do something like this.
- immibis 3y ago"Whatever you measure will improve. This is a warning."
- guestbest 3y agoI wish sites only wanted email. Mostly they want to integrate with Google, Facebook and require a phone number.
- nerdponx 3y agoI'm waiting for the day when we see an article about some government tax or bill-pay portal that only works with Facebook and Google login, no email.
- guestbest 3y agoIf you want to even more dystopian, imagine every separate account is taxed on every forum/chat apo and failure to report is tax fraud.
- Nextgrid 3y agoThere are already some essential services that use ReCaptcha and require you to be stalked by Google and be on good standing with them.