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Why not make % accepted requests the KPI instead of # sent requests? The former would encourage a message for every request. The latter encourages mass emails t
by benmanns 13y ago
Why not make % accepted requests the KPI instead of # sent requests? The former would encourage a message for every request. The latter encourages mass emails to address books, accidental requests, etc.
- notahacker 13y agoThe former is strategy is user-friendly. The latter strategy is metric-which-impresses-investors friendly. There's a reason social networks spam more than Viagra merchants.
- 001sky 13y agoThere's a reason social networks spam more than Viagra merchants. LinkedIn is pretty bad on this. Just when you think youve opted out of every mailing list, its seems like they invent or create some new 'feature' which opts you in. Again.
- kirillzubovsky 13y agoInteresting, even from the comments it seems people either blankly accept all the requests or don't accept them at all. Somewhat related - I remember reading that when Facebook engineer decided to add a message feature to a friend request, Zuck got really pissed at him. I suspect that's because "# of connections" is a really hot metric, and it grows exponentially for people who blankly accept every request. Thus, from LIN point of view, it makes sense to sacrifice UX for some people to get a sure growth for everyone else. Now, if that "growth" is just a vanity metric, now that's a whole other story.