Comment by cornel_io
5 days ago
If you roll it back upon seeing problems, then you're doing something meaningful, at least. IMO 90+% of the value of A/B testing comes from two things, a) forcing engineers to build everything behind flags, and b) making sure features don't crater your metrics before freezing them in and making them much more difficult to remove (both politically and technically).
Re: b), if you've ever gotten into a screaming match with a game designer angry over the removal of their pet feature, you will really appreciate the political cover that having numbers provides...
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