[HN Gopher] User Retention
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       User Retention
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2021-09-10 10:08 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | 0xferruccio wrote:
       | Author here, surprised to see this here! Thanks for sharing it.
       | Happy to answer any questions
        
         | alfiedotwtf wrote:
         | That was really good content. Surprised not to see more
         | comments. Well done.
        
           | 0xferruccio wrote:
           | Thanks! Really happy it resonated with you :)
        
       | eyelidlessness wrote:
       | Counterpoint: one of the products I'm most fiercely loyal to
       | (Pacifist.app) is an app I very seldom use. I use it to inspect
       | macOS installers before running them. There aren't many to run,
       | definitely not very often. By usage metrics I'm basically a
       | retention failure, except I keep coming back when I need it.
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       | Don't measure just for usage metrics. Measure for usage success
       | and satisfaction.
        
         | 0xferruccio wrote:
         | I mention in the section on ideal usage frequency how there are
         | some great products that you'll use rarely, like a christmas
         | tree!
        
         | liamlovski wrote:
         | The article covers annual use products or infrequent use
         | products.
        
         | dredmorbius wrote:
         | Addiction != value.
        
           | eyelidlessness wrote:
           | Oh yeah, the well known sign of addiction: "seldom use".
        
             | eliasbagley wrote:
             | I think he was agreeing with you
        
               | dredmorbius wrote:
               | He was.
        
       | nwordsayer wrote:
       | This all sounds so niggery.
        
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