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Re:The pitfalls of A/B testing in social networks by AznHisoka on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:42PM (#15484577)
I read somewhere that they had just 1 guy doing all the data analysis and after they got acquired he/she just was too busy with other work. Thus those type of posts just disappeared.
Re:The pitfalls of A/B testing in social networks by shostack on Monday October 16, 2017 @05:20PM (#15486724)
This is actually a hard thing to manage at some companies. Writers often don't have access or knowledge of the data, and engineers or data scientists often have bigger fish to fry beyond some content marketing explorations.

If anyone has found a good way to find that balance and create really solid in-depth data-driven content for there org, I'd love to learn more.

Re:The pitfalls of A/B testing in social networks by dalbasal on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:17PM (#15484908)
Makes sense. A founder is more likely to feel comfortable enough to take that tone, pick fights and take some risks.

Still, I imagine there's an underlying shift in company character that being expressed. The old blog felt like it was interesting to the writer.

This is in no way a condemnation of the post. I hope I haven't insulted the author.

Re:The pitfalls of A/B testing in social networks by dredmorbius on Monday October 16, 2017 @05:24PM (#15486745)
Discontinuing future work is one thing.

Censoring past published works is quite another.