Re:A/B testing gets misused to juice metrics in the short term
by jcelerier on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:50PM
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> Your perspective is extremely short-sighted.
it's the perspective of the normal users.
every time i'm using a website and it does not behave exactly the same than for other people or I notice some AB testing, in my head it goes "who the fuck these people think they are?". The computing experience must be consistent and repeatable. If I wanted something that can change depending on the current position of the stars I'd ask another human, not a computer.
A/B testing can result in this type of behaviour but that's just poor A/B testing.
it's the perspective of the normal users.
every time i'm using a website and it does not behave exactly the same than for other people or I notice some AB testing, in my head it goes "who the fuck these people think they are?". The computing experience must be consistent and repeatable. If I wanted something that can change depending on the current position of the stars I'd ask another human, not a computer.
A/B testing can result in this type of behaviour but that's just poor A/B testing.