<![CDATA[How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it.]]>How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it.

(I'm thinking a lot of Copilot right now btw)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/a300a026-f2a1-4f57-8f37-62c2dde339ab/how-many-years-of-our-lives-have-been-wasted-away-because-someone-had-a-kpi-to-increase-usage-of-some-dumb-feature-and-they-chose-the-most-user-hostile-way-to-increase-it.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 19:51:43 GMTMon, 18 May 2026 15:11:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 16:01:30 GMT]]>@VogueLaGalere @geerlingguy Key Performance Indicator, some way companies aggregate various factors into a single number and give targets to their team to achieve some specific value for that number.

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Performance indicator - Wikipedia

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(en.wikipedia.org)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://diaspodon.fr/users/amdg2/statuses/116596414230960202https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://diaspodon.fr/users/amdg2/statuses/116596414230960202Mon, 18 May 2026 16:01:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:50:45 GMT]]>@VogueLaGalere @geerlingguy Key Performance Indicator - the thing people’s bonuses get calculated from.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mbirth.uk/users/mbirth/statuses/01KRXWGNRNH0D93F4GGQRJ26ERhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mbirth.uk/users/mbirth/statuses/01KRXWGNRNH0D93F4GGQRJ26ERMon, 18 May 2026 15:50:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:42:10 GMT]]>@agturcz @geerlingguy Like when they stop providing those delicious small bottles of grapefruit juice in the kitchens at Oracle when I worked there. That made me sad and slowed down my creativity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/VogueLaGalere/statuses/116596338246866984https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/VogueLaGalere/statuses/116596338246866984Mon, 18 May 2026 15:42:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:36:27 GMT]]>@bradthornborrow @geerlingguy wow, that was really helpful to learn about the subject. As I read it, words of Warren Buffet ring through my ear where he relies on the person he has entrusted a business to, e.g. Mutual Savings & Loan, rather than the metrics.

The old fashion way of doing business.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/VogueLaGalere/statuses/116596315755477218https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/VogueLaGalere/statuses/116596315755477218Mon, 18 May 2026 15:36:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:34:29 GMT]]>@VogueLaGalere @geerlingguy Key Performance Indicator. Team goals yadda yadda goals evaluation yadda yadda, but at the very end they are just big words for "revenue must go up".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/agturcz/statuses/116596308048952353https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/agturcz/statuses/116596308048952353Mon, 18 May 2026 15:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:25:18 GMT]]>@VogueLaGalere @geerlingguy You’re a better person for not knowing… https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/data-science/what-is-a-kpi-key-performance-indicator/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/115985041812732879/statuses/116596271899797775https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/115985041812732879/statuses/116596271899797775Mon, 18 May 2026 15:25:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:24:07 GMT]]>@geerlingguy = PH.AL.US

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/1div0/statuses/116596267281587557https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/1div0/statuses/116596267281587557Mon, 18 May 2026 15:24:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:23:04 GMT]]>@geerlingguy 0xC0C07P1L07?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/1div0/statuses/116596263110853995https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/1div0/statuses/116596263110853995Mon, 18 May 2026 15:23:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:21:15 GMT]]>@VogueLaGalere key performance indicator — a measurable goal in business.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/root42/statuses/116596255970441710https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/root42/statuses/116596255970441710Mon, 18 May 2026 15:21:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:19:22 GMT]]>@geerlingguy

I am convinced that no company ever believes they had customers prior to the next feature release, nor do they understand that those customers didn't sit in on the ten internal presentations about the new feature, how to use it, and why it's a good idea.

Surprise is the enemy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindof.jrconlin.com/users/jrconlin/statuses/01KRXTQ6C9B7A28RVJKC20161Ahttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindof.jrconlin.com/users/jrconlin/statuses/01KRXTQ6C9B7A28RVJKC20161AMon, 18 May 2026 15:19:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:17:13 GMT]]>@geerlingguy I always wondered about science fiction that depicted primitive environments that had advanced technology. Watching the enshittification of our technology ecosystems, it becomes a bit more evident of how that might happen.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/jameshubbard/statuses/116596240116284169https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/jameshubbard/statuses/116596240116284169Mon, 18 May 2026 15:17:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:17:01 GMT]]>@geerlingguy What is a KPI?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/VogueLaGalere/statuses/116596239348193587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/VogueLaGalere/statuses/116596239348193587Mon, 18 May 2026 15:17:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How many years of our lives have been wasted away because someone had a KPI to increase usage of some dumb feature, and they chose the most user-hostile way to increase it. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:16:32 GMT]]>@geerlingguy i kinda love copilot for bringing so many people to linux 😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schroedingerspossum/statuses/116596237413144639https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/schroedingerspossum/statuses/116596237413144639Mon, 18 May 2026 15:16:32 GMT