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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by uoaei on Friday September 15, 2023 @01:24AM (#37518802)
I appreciate your candor. Though I am upset, I realize this is the kind of thing that would be hard to see coming.
Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by sambazi on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:30AM (#37519250)
huh?

the top point is that more users usually lead to a worse product, no?

Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by uoaei on Friday September 15, 2023 @06:21AM (#37520889)
Speaking specifically to the short-sighted nature of business objectives and the enshittification of good services via acquisition and repurposing.
Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by dredds on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:16PM (#37527084)
The perfect matching service would lose 2 new users every login. No different to selling an everlasting lightbulb. The only salvation of such a perfect product would be a "de-networking effect" whereby newly-happy couples would auto-evangelize the site for bringing them together in the first place, but that wouldn't grow the site much.

The success of the "nightclub app" is that people feel they are a match only as long as they "drink", and by morning they are thirsty for more. Growth comes from the heartache of loneliness, failed relationships, and divorce. A worse product (poor matching, and stifled communication) is the actual goal of a more profitable dating app, not simply being a consequence of having more users.