Sure. I can understand why one wouldn't build knobs for general users.
But do users who have paid for knobs use them? If you can get users to pay for some knobs, those might be worth adding.
I now live on their side of implementing stuff for lots of users, so I have sympathy
That's fair. I've lived on the side of implementing stuff for customers when they're willing to pay for them. Generally the cost is too high for most users to fund features, but not always.
The other thing that strikes me about Facebook is that it tends to create knobs for people posting, as opposed to ones for people reading. For example, Facebook includes a way for posters to boost visibility of their posts.
That last is what tends to make me think there may be conflicting objectives.
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Date: 2014-01-02 05:39 am (UTC)But do users who have paid for knobs use them? If you can get users to pay for some knobs, those might be worth adding.
I now live on their side of implementing stuff for lots of users, so I have sympathy
That's fair. I've lived on the side of implementing stuff for customers when they're willing to pay for them. Generally the cost is too high for most users to fund features, but not always.
The other thing that strikes me about Facebook is that it tends to create knobs for people posting, as opposed to ones for people reading. For example, Facebook includes a way for posters to boost visibility of their posts.
That last is what tends to make me think there may be conflicting objectives.