I'm afraid that you are right. I'd also love to hear from HN to how they feel about this... On one hand it's very interesting and what startup wouldn't want to know which of their users they should focus on on the other does this mean that non-whales don't matter and/or will we, unfairly, try and suck more out of whales.
I can see great benefits from being able to listen to whales (prioritise their bugs/issues/suggestions) it's a constant struggle when building a product to know what advice to follow but I worry that this means that people without money to blow will have their voices limited as a result which flies in the face of what I love about the internet which is: everyone is equal (now I know this doesn't work perfectly in practice but well enough IMHO).
At what point do we ignore users who are not whales or even kick them off our platform because they are a leach on our resources? This sets a dangerous precedent IMHO. I've wondered if one day they will be able to tag or detect people who never click on ads (and/or have "ad-blindness") and force them to pay to use resources supported by ads.
I can see great benefits from being able to listen to whales (prioritise their bugs/issues/suggestions) it's a constant struggle when building a product to know what advice to follow but I worry that this means that people without money to blow will have their voices limited as a result which flies in the face of what I love about the internet which is: everyone is equal (now I know this doesn't work perfectly in practice but well enough IMHO).
At what point do we ignore users who are not whales or even kick them off our platform because they are a leach on our resources? This sets a dangerous precedent IMHO. I've wondered if one day they will be able to tag or detect people who never click on ads (and/or have "ad-blindness") and force them to pay to use resources supported by ads.