Ask vs guess in tech/backlash
“Guess what we want!”
“How about <product>?”
*it works, users run with it, break things*
“You guessed wrong. Now you must pay, evil techies”
VS
“Give us this ill-conceived humanistic product”
“Err... okay”
*product fails*
“Dumb techies!”
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Interesting but I think it's a broken frame. It doesn't start with a demand "Guess what we want!"
It starts with a geek saying to himself, "Hey, check out this cool thing I made."
*Ppl start using it. Virally.*
VC: "Hey I'll give you mad money if you do <X>."
Geek: “Cool!"
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