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def_true_false | 2 years ago

Shipping obviously broken stuff is a good way to discourage users from giving any feedback at all.

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ImPostingOnHN|2 years ago

"obviously broken" isn't the only option besides perfect, so we'll just use the term "not perfect" here, and believe me, some of them will let you know what isn't perfect about it when you ask.

then you focus on that.

eddythompson80|2 years ago

“Not perfect” is a straw man because obviously nothing ever is perfect or 100% complete. When shipping something becomes the priority, then “obviously broken” stuff just gets re-dubbed “not perfect” which is exactly the problem.

If your users are forced to use your platform because you mainly sell to CTOs who only need a list of checkboxes checked, and they strike a deal with you, then yeah. It’s a great business model to check as many boxes as possible, get that contract, then figure out what those boxes actually mean later.