Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Clicks

Re:Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Cl... by AznHisoka on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @08:42AM (#11072611)

So... this is just A/B testing? What's so newsworthy about this? Would've been really something if it could optimize content that's not going to be seen by 100,000 people. Kinda hard to A/B test something that will only have 1000 pageviews in its lifetime.

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Re:Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Cl... by glass55 on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @12:29PM (#11074327)

> So... this is just A/B testing?

Tricking people intro visiting the same link over and over again in a short period of time to generate more clicks isn't really A/B testing. That's click-baiting . It might even lead to a negative effect on the long run as people feel they are being tricked at some point.

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Re:Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Cl... by alanh on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @03:36PM (#11075769)

You seem to be lacking perspective. The deterioration of both journalism and basic respect for the reader isn’t “just” anything.

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Re:Washington Post’s ‘Bandito’ Tool Optimizes Content for Cl... by AznHisoka on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @09:46PM (#11077919)

Actually, my comment was from a different perspective. The article seemed to talk about the technology as it was complex, and ground-breaking. I'm saying.. it's not so special - it's just A/B testing, not some rocket science thought up from Mr. Bezos. I actually agree with you - I hate this too.

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