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0 pointsmusicale5y ago0 comments

> You can't focus on the product without analytics

This is provably false. You do not need intrusive analytics to develop fantastic products.

Have people somehow forgotten about good old-fashioned user testing? It is expensive, time consuming, and amazingly effective. Most importantly you can actually talk to your users because they are people instead of data points.

User feedback >>> analytics.

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pcstl5y ago· 2 in thread

And both > one of them.

ThalesX5y ago

But then surely, adding a prayer to St. Isidore of Seville [0] before every release will be better than just the both of them, so three > both > one.

I've recently interacted with a startup where the amount of resources they spend on trying to get them both, is making them blind to the power of one. It's not a pretty sight when all the numbers are tracked, plotted and planned on, yet nothing seems to work.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidore_of_Seville

viraptor5y ago

You can misuse everything. As you mentioned: "all the numbers are tracked, plotted and planned on, yet nothing seems to work." Sounds like there's a plan but no execution / follow up. That's not a problem with either analytics or user feedback.

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