Front end developers: stop moving things that I’m about to click on

Re:Front end developers: stop moving things that I’m about t... by frereubu on Sunday November 27, 2022 @06:03PM (#33767945)

It could well be naive A/B testing. "Oh, this configuration has really increased our click-through rates", not realising that it's because people are trying to click on something, and an ad jumps into the space that they're just about to click.

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Re:Front end developers: stop moving things that I’m about t... by pmg102 on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:59AM (#33770911)

I love the optimism about human nature implied by the use of the phrase "not realising".

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Re:Front end developers: stop moving things that I’m about t... by frereubu on Monday November 28, 2022 @05:09AM (#33771752)

I honestly think that's the truth for the majority of cases like this, or at worst a kind of willful blindness. Of course there are the scammers, but I think they generally produce such terrible work that very few people use it on an ongoing basis. I'm sure there are examples between those two, but I reckon they're few and far between.

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