Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product?

Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by gronne on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @02:10AM (#18500735)

“everyone being treated equally on the internet” never heard of this phenomenon before. Stray thought: if you are not anonymous - you will be subject to discrimination. if you are anonymous and others not - you will be subject to discrimination. if everyone is anonymous you can’t discriminate - but its not very useful.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by EZ-E on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @02:19AM (#18500766)

I have a bit of an hard time articulating what I mean (ESL), but what I mean is that these days depending on what profile companies have on you (your assumed interests, income, education etc), your experience on the internet, apps will differ more and more. In order to improve retention and engagement, they will try to tailor the experience and give you what they think you want instead of letting you get it yourself, effectively creating a bubble around you.

In the context of my comment (internet dating company), it means even when you try to meet new people, we will make broad assumptions and present you people we think will match well with your assumed race, income, education. All for upping that retention a few .1%

In earlier internet, the experience on a single website, for example, was the same for everybody, no matter your demographic. I understand why it evolved, but I regret it a bit.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by gitgud on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @07:53AM (#18502280)

I find this so relatable, Instagram and YouTube especially, have refined intense recommendation algorithms that make me wonder.... Are they just showing me what I want to see?

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by gronne on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:22AM (#18501828)

Thank you for the elaboration. Good point.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by hndamien on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:34PM (#18507873)

I wonder if Tinder does matching based on my device type as a proxy for income....

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by gronne on Thursday November 22, 2018 @04:45PM (#18512774)

Who knows. I don’t think it would be the best proxy - these days everyone and their dog has an iphone.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by hndamien on Thursday November 22, 2018 @06:03PM (#18513131)

I'd say there is at least some correlation. Not a great indicator, but better than nothing and helpful since it is in the user agent. They aren't curing cancer, so accuracy is less important.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by unmole on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:23AM (#18501040)

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by ThePadawan on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:06AM (#18500966)

The thought of "original internet equality" brought me back to the days where you would land on obscure forums via a search engine, and you would find posts by accounts like "str_master", "jsmith", "quizboy".

The most you could discriminate them by was their number of posts on that forum, moderator privileges etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by KineticLensman on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:20AM (#18501025)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_know...

Classic cartoon from 1993 celebrating the equality of the anonymous internet

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by otakucode on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @02:39PM (#18505376)

Not useful? It was tremendously useful when I was a kid. I could participate in online discussions, make friends, learn things, and have all manner of fun without worrying about someone persecuting me over my age. No one ever felt any need to prod me about my gender, age, nationality, religious persuasion, or anything like that. Communities were organized around topics, and reputation was built from the ground up. It was quite useful, I assure you.

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