Never use the product, the product is for the customers

[max_]

https://twitter.com/as1ndu/status/1203434456377364482

[paulie_a]

This thought is incredibly stupid. Use the product to understand the pain points of customers. I can't believe how idiotic that advice is.

[jdbernard → paulie_a]

I think you're interpreting it differently than the author intended. It's not advice, it's a joke denigrating Google products.

They're comparing Google's services to addictive drugs. In this analogy Larry Wall is the dealer who doesn't use the product, YouTube is the drug, and YouTube users are the addicts.

[wmf → jdbernard]

Larry Wall is the Perl guy, Larry Page is the Google co-founder.

[jdbernard → wmf]

Good catch. Weird brain slip. Thanks!