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You enjoy the ads, but do you enjoy the products? I’ve seen so many ads that show a nice product, so I click and it takes me to nice polished landing page, whi

You enjoy the ads, but do you enjoy the products? I’ve seen so many ads that show a nice product, so I click and it takes me to nice polished landing page, which leads to a smooth checkout flow. But then the thing arrives and it’s garbage. I believe that there’s an entire genre of niche-marketed consumer goods that have been broken by Campbell/Goodharts law because they’ve integrated the product design and marketing so tightly that the product is designed to optimize CTR and funnel conversions rather than being a good at being the thing that it is.

ch4s3 1y ago
The joke is that Instagram is QVC for millennials, it must be working on/for some people.
spondylosaurus 1y ago
There's a particular Instagram ad my wife always sees for a graphic tee with a design that we both love, but the vendor selling it is (according to Reddit reviews) garbage. The infuriating thing is that no one else seems to sell a shirt with that particular design!
gs17 1y ago
Yeah, I've had one that seemed like exactly something I wanted, turned out to be a scam, and they fucked it up enough that PayPal actually refunded me.