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Rae Knowler
Personal blog · raeknowler.comdesignwebwriting
Rae Knowler's personal blog at raeknowler.com covers design, web and writing. Since 2017, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “WTF? Chromium (2016)”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on Google search results looking like ads and on aggressive A/B testing. One commenter quotes its line about 'how far can we push the user' while adding examples of Google's Chrome field trials.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- WTF? Chromium (2016)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-11-07
What Hacker News says?
"The problem with this kind of aggressive A/B testing is that it's a game of "how far can we push the user?"" Google also does this with Chrome. Users are subjected to "field trials". No explicit consent is requested. Most users are probably unaware. While it is possible to see which trials one is a part of, Google is not transparent about what exactly these trials entail. https://www.ghacks.net/2013/04/05/field-tri…
Comment linking /wtf-chromium
on “Every Google result now looks like an ad”Submitted WTF? Chromium (2016) as a story · 179 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Roman typefaces used in Chinese and Japanese text (2015) as a story · 2 points
HN discussion