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Re:Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast by nitrogen on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:12PM (#26266034)
I used to think that way. My customers liked my products, but I didn't really get many new customers. I doubled down on improving the technology. Then I ran out of money.

"If you build it, they will come" is only very rarely true, and chances are there was some kind of submarine marketing going on anyway that you just didn't know about.

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Re:Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast by Dudeman112 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:11PM (#26266838)
I wonder what makes nerds like us end up with that opinion.

Surely anyone that reaches adulthood ought to know that selling yourself well and having some damn good looks will bring your farther than just being the real deal?

It takes some huge lack of awareness of one's surrounding not to notice it

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Re:Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast by smt88 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:37PM (#26268645)
It's because we constantly spend time/effort on finding better solutions to things, but most people don't.
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