Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Addicted to Netflix
Lots of folks&#x2F;companies are going to lose long-term as a result of bad A&#x2F;B testing driven decision making. I suspect the decline of the Facebook feed might be attributed to this as well (maybe even the recent polls of Trump&#x27;s twitter practices[1]). Generally these sorts of things don&#x27;t really consider long term fatigue and other important factors, and take short term micro-benchmark wins as success. On the flip side, some attribute not A&#x2F;B testing to the failure of the SnapChat redesign[2].<p>Is there anyway to do this properly? I can imagine the problem will get worse and worse as we reduce human evaluation of A&#x2F;B test results and automatically make real-time decisions through software and ML.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;poll-shows-trump-appears-to-be-losing-somewhat-supporters-with-antics-2018-12" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;poll-shows-trump-appears-to-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.engadget.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;10&#x2F;05&#x2F;snap-evan-spiegel-app-redesign-rushed&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.engadget.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;10&#x2F;05&#x2F;snap-evan-spiegel-app-re...</a>