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steveBK123today at 4:41 PM0 repliesview on HN

There may not be a solution in every case, but it's a reminder that dashboards & metrics are no replacement for actually talking to your users. Metrics are at best a proxy for user experience, don't let them be the tail that wags the dog.

Like the story Bezos told of his execs claiming call wait times were under 1 minute, so he called the service line from the conference room on the spot and made everyone sit there for 10 minutes waiting to get thru..