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minus-squareMaevelinkfedilink14•1 year agoThey could probably retain users simply by running ads every 10 minutes, rather than every 3 minutes.
minus-squareDojanlinkfedilinkEnglish18•1 year agoOh but they don’t care about anything but short form content. If they could ditch supporting long form content today they would.
minus-squareBubbleMonkeylinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoSuch a fantastic series :) (the books, not any of the garbage adaptations)
minus-squareIndescribablySad@threads.netlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoMoney/s is the more used metric. Retention is secondary or even tertiary to money/s. Behold the algorithm, great and terrible, sheathed in robes of black and grasping sickle white.
They could probably retain users simply by running ads every 10 minutes, rather than every 3 minutes.
Oh but they don’t care about anything but short form content. If they could ditch supporting long form content today they would.
The cold, hard steel of the sword of truth.
Such a fantastic series :) (the books, not any of the garbage adaptations)
This reply makes me so happy. The books are always better.
Money/s is the more used metric. Retention is secondary or even tertiary to money/s. Behold the algorithm, great and terrible, sheathed in robes of black and grasping sickle white.