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I HATE A/B TESTING I HATE A/B TESTING I HATE A/B TESTING (hexbear.net)
submitted 13 hours ago by WellTheresYourCobbler@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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I HATE A/B TESTING SO MUCH WHY DOES EVERY APP I USE HAVE A DIFFERENT UI OR EVEN UX EVERY TIME I LAUNCH IT. OH HEY BESTIE HOW DO I REPOST THIS? OH ITS THAT BUTTON RIGHT THETE THATS GREAT LET ME DO THAT ON MY- OH NEVERMIND I DONT HAVE THAT BUTTON YET BUT I DO HAVE THE NEW SLOP BUTTON SO I CAN INSTANTLY DEPLETE TWO DYSON SPHERES SO I CAN GENERATE A PIG SHITTING ON ITS BALLS!!! ALSO HEY INSTAGRAM WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GO TO A DM AND SCROLL AFTER SELECTING A VIDEO? DEPENDS ON THE DAY I GUESS AND ILL NEVER KNOW WHAT ANYTHING I DO WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN WITHIN YOUR SHITTY GODFORSAKEN APP. OH AND YOUTUBE WHO ADDS GENUINELY HELPFUL FEATURES THAT I GET COMFORTABLE WITH AND THEN JUST RIPS THEM AWAY I GUESS BECAUSE THEY DIDNT SELL ME ON ENOUGH BAD DRAGONS OR ISRAELI SOLIDARITY PINS OR WHATEVER AAAAA FUCKKK A/B TESTING FUCK THE WAY NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE USER EXPERIENCE AND FFFUCKKK AMERIKKKA (of course)

less of a rantWhy is it so hard for an app to not change fundamental UX every day. Genuinely this is a huge benefit to OSS because even “polished” proprietary software is doing this BS. Even having apps set to only update when I tell them aren’t safe because the publishers don’t need to update the whole app to change what swiping does on a video or how to change tabs.

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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 28 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I wonder which percentage of Hexbear users will click the first rant first, and which will click the second rant first. Presumably some might also click just one or the other, or neither. Maybe we should perform some sort of statistical analysis thonk

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 6 points 8 hours ago

I clicked both before i began reading either

[–] theoryenjoyer@hexbear.net 12 points 12 hours ago

Beautifully cursed response, you should have alternative edits to see which gets upbears faster

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 5 points 12 hours ago

I wonder how many Hexbears read your comment first and then paused, paralyzed by choice they didn't realise that they had before. It's at least 1 (me).