Hunter Walk
Can a product few use ever be considered "well designed?" Are acceptance & scale prerequisites for great design or challenges to design?
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@othman@hunterwalk Do we therefore know good design by its resulting market success? Success means the design was good?
Marc Andreessen
Othman Laraki
Satya Patel
@pmarca @othman @hunterwalk success means the product delivered value. design is often a contributor or key. success isn't defined as scale.
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@satyap@pmarca@othman@hunterwalk Exactly. Good design is just one ingredient. Same as good engineering. Net-net judged on overall value -
@hunterwalk@satyap@pmarca@othman don't think so. IMHO scale only provides a causal link to value. Not necessarily to great design/eng -
@hunterwalk@Ravi@satyap@pmarca@othman I would replace design with user experience in that sentence. Definitely not the same thing. -
@satyap@pmarca@hunterwalk most impt. part of good design is making something people want/need. get that wrong and nothing else matters -
@satyap@pmarca@hunterwalk CL solved massive problem in a way that scaled. Network effect negated economic incentive for good UI/UX -
@satyap@pmarca@hunterwalk for product to gain traction, utility of design must be > utility of incumbent x network effect factor -
@satyap@pmarca@hunterwalk so IMO yes, a product can be "well designed"and not gain traction if switching costs/network effect too strong
Ravi Narasimhan
Mike Senechal
T.J. Ross