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The issue I have with this sort of obsession in optimizing conversion is this: shouldn't you be primarily concerned with building a product that legitimately be
by tstactplsignore 12y ago
The issue I have with this sort of obsession in optimizing conversion is this: shouldn't you be primarily concerned with building a product that legitimately benefits and gives back to both users and society as a whole as opposed to making something that sells as fast as possible? Both the data and psychology driven philosphies have this sense that your work exists to squeeze more money out of people instead of to create something meaningful. Put that extra time and thought into a better product and everyone wins.
- Dylan16807 12y agoIf your product benefits people at all, then making it better helps more people, but using marketing to sell faster also helps more people. It's not a dichotomy. Products can be good or well-marketed or both or neither.
- escherize 12y agoBecoming versed in this kind of conversion magic doesn't mean not being 'concerned with building a product that legitimately benefits and gives back to both users and society as a whole'. In fact, using techniques that (admittedly superficially) increase traction for a product of legitimate merit it will significantly multiply the benefits of the product.