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I think good design is important. But it seems to me that the hardest thing is getting users to use your product or service (especially repeatedly). In a sense
by stevenj 14y ago
I think good design is important.
But it seems to me that the hardest thing is getting users to use your product or service (especially repeatedly). In a sense, it's more of a behavioral/psychological problem.
Ideas are bad because they don't get users. The best design won't turn a bad idea into a good one.
The thing I find most interesting about these examples is that all of them (I believe) had a dedicated user base -- as well as fast growing one -- in the beginning.
People really wanted to use them from day one.
- zmitri 14y agoTotally on point about getting users to actually use it. That's kinda where I'm at right now with what I'm working on, and it's by far the hardest step. Twitter actually had very few users for the first 6 months I believe, but things like Facebook and Instagram were big hits pretty quickly.
- benesch 14y agoAgree with you on Instagram, but Facebook had the benefit of one-at-time rollout to universities, which upped its exclusivity and draw. (Granted it was also good product.)