@jon we built a successful business on the simple act of reminding consumers to write a review
They know how. They know they should. And compliance rate is abisimal.
Yet with simple reminder we got our customers (SMBs) about 4~8 years of reviews in just 6 months.
So 10x jump by just reminding people.
Writing a review for a business isn't integral to using its services. It's truly just a request. And any business that asked its customers to write a review every time they used its service or spoke with its staff would annoy and likely lose customers.
Subscribing, liking, and turning on notifications, just like Mastodon, are integral features of the product. It would be like me asking everyone to like and follow me in every post I make on Mastodon.
@jon what we built had just enough line of codes in it to not bother consumers after every single interactions — we asked once
I wouldn't mix Mastodon with YouTube here — YouTube algorithm 100% rewards for watch time, but (unlike TikTok) doesn't show similar content to what you're frequently watching, so "like & subscribe" is high conversion on YouTube, while not effective on Mastodon
saying "don't ask me to like & subscribe" — how is that different form saying "sudo make me videos for free"?
Jon Henshaw
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