Google should demote/fire a PM if a feature/product experience is bad
With the latest mkbhd’s smash on Pixel 6 and YouTube removed dislikes and YouTube changed resolution specs, I have a strong feeling that many Google PMs are trying to chase the so called impact and never give a shit about the users. As long as those dumb PMs can come up with some stupid ass ideas and can reach out to x million users (btw they have million of ways to cheat on the metrics and get approved), they will get a good perf rating and get promoted. Only the users will suffer because their stupidity. Idea: if a Google PM is clearly doing stupid things, that person should be either fired or demoted. The PM who removed dislikes for example should be fired. #pm #Google
Why the PM versus the exec that approved the launch? In all seriousness, we shouldn’t make product decisions for the vocal majority when we have metrics that show millions or billions of people react differently. What is your reason for saying removing dislike count is a stupid thing?
I will not answer your question. Any blinders want to take the chance to educate my fellow Googler here?
Dislikes are abused in many cases and acts as deterrent for users to upload new videos on the platform. I am pretty sure this was a well thought out decision. OP, are you a PM?
Google removing dislikes is actually really bad. It’s so easy for misinformation to get passed around now. You could generally judge if a guide (like a cooking recipe or a repair video) was any good by the number of dislikes. Now users have no idea. I’m really hoping some other service comes and competes with YouTube.
This
It’s just Goodhart’s law in action. They are behind some metrics and the metrics stopped being a good indicator of user happiness. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
Didn't mkbhd like the Pixel 6?
Check out his twitter