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It's fascinating how many simple-idea websites are dominated by user-hostile dark-pattern infested players: Linkedin for professional networking, glassdoor for
by ak_111 3y ago
It's fascinating how many simple-idea websites are dominated by user-hostile dark-pattern infested players: Linkedin for professional networking, glassdoor for job reviews and goodread for book reviews.
- criley2 3y agoI mean, just add "...except it's profitable" to the end of all of your simple-ideas and you'll probably end up in the same place they did. There's not a lot of profit in simple ideas executed cleanly.
- ak_111 3y agoWhy not? If you have simple idea that organically has lots of demand I would imagine executing cleanly is an advantage. There are plenty of examples: craiglist for classified ads, plentyoffish for dating (or at least used to), gandi for domain registration, github (as opposed to sourceforge which was filled with dark patterns)...
- lapcat 3y agoIt's a cliché, but it's true: if you're not the customer, you're the product.