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I can’t imagine this sort of trickery is going to help them in the long run - they are training their users to mistrust and eventually ignore them. It’s like a
by Sai_ 3y ago
I can’t imagine this sort of trickery is going to help them in the long run - they are training their users to mistrust and eventually ignore them.
It’s like a furniture shop advertising a “going out of business” sale or a shepherd boy crying wolf twice.
People wise up to this and become more open to alternatives.
Surely, even VCs and investors know not to take DAUs and MAUs and click rates at face value. Who are these companies trying to con?
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> Who are these companies trying to con? The stock market. VCs are looking at these metrics not just as indicators of company's health and growth trajectory, but also, at the later stage, as indicators of the company's ability to generate returns - which often involve the company being acquired or going public.
- verve_rat 3y agoIs is never about the company as a whole, it is the incentives of the middle manager that is rewarded for "increasing engagement" or some other bullshit metric.