Re:Facebook User Growth, Time Spent Fall on News Feed Changes
by throwaway2048 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:56PM
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yes, a/b testing optimizes for an average user that dosent exist, and everyone is unhappy with.
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Re:Facebook User Growth, Time Spent Fall on News Feed Changes
by hawktheslayer on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @09:39PM
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Reminds me of the old tale of the man who drowned in a lake with an average depth of 3 feet.
Re:Facebook User Growth, Time Spent Fall on News Feed Changes
by aikinai on Thursday February 01, 2018 @04:51AM
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A/B doesn’t design for an average user; it can be all, a tiny niche, or something in between depending on what you’re measuring. For example, DAU and engagement will be affected by drastically different distributions of users.