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Re:What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen? (2012) by ksk on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:42PM (#17048784)
Sometimes UX people design the UX to wow the people who (1) control their paycheck (2) review their work externally (3) appreciate UX theory/trends/etc. No different than a programmer using a needlessly complex algorithm to impress people on the internet.

I remember MS word putting in the 'word count' feature for the article authors who reviewed the software. That feature is a high priority item for the writers and people who need their work to fit in a certain constraint, but not for most users.

Re:What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen? (2012) by njarboe on Friday May 11, 2018 @04:48PM (#17050680)
I can imagine writers also like to see the word count when they get paid by the word.