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Growth hacking? More like systems thinking

• jmathai 2y ago
  > Slack was started because customers preferred the instant messaging part of the game, rather than the game itself. Wait, Slack was created in the same way Flickr was by Butterfield? I know this was true for Flickr but didn't realize it was for Slack as well.
  • AlchemistCamp 2y ago
    Yeah. I hope he takes another run at making the game.
  • 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
    Discord too I think. They also set out to make a game
• ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
  Yeah, these are really poor examples of growth hacking. growth hacking is what Nikita bere does his TBH and gas app. What this blog talks about is simply things which are trying to portray themselves as great systems thinking and growth hacks, but are actually just incredibly basic things and not not hacks of any kind.