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Re:With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills Off Ca... by catshirt on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @04:42PM (#7098666)
what is the point in optimizing the top of the funnel if no one is going to stick around?

aren't retention, engagement, and acquisition equally important? you optimize whichever is your bottleneck.

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Re:With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills Off Ca... by mvkel on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @04:59PM (#7105658)
Agree completely, all aspects of the funnel need to be optimized, I was explaining that despite really good DAU/MAU numbers, it wasn't a metric that indicates sustainability in this instance.
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