Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast

Re:Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast by justapassenger on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:58PM (#26265814)

> Here's a crazy idea: Don't use analytics at all but focus on your product. If your success relies solely on "improving conversions" by tracking your users and then changing the position and color of your "Checkout" button then maybe try setting yourself apart such that customers want to buy your product even despite an obnoxious purchasing flow. Only then start optimizing it.

Here’s crazy idea for early humans - don’t use fire to cook your food. If your health depends on cooking meat, instead of hunting only for the healthy, bacteria and parasite free ones, then you should first focus on getting only highest quality meat, and only then figure out what to do with it.

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Re:Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast by craftinator on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:32PM (#26266307)

Your analogy is not applicable. A better example would be... Well better. Perhaps: "Here's a crazy idea for early humans - don't map out the location and habits of all the food that you hunt to maximize the number you kill, instead focus on improving the tools that you hunt with so you can reliably kill what you need. Only focus on maximizing kills when you start needing more food than you can find."

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