flibbidygibbit t1_j6njdfq wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Reply to comment by OTee_D in TIL about cargo cults, where indigenous people of small tropical islands would perform elaborate rituals to mimic air traffic control and marching patterns after witnessing airplanes drop supplies on airforce bases during world war II. by sciencedit

We had a C-level executive who wanted our site to be as feature-rich as Amazon because they're the leader in e-commerce.

He wanted us to disregard actual customer requests to insert Amazon's features into our e-comm platform.

Umm, our product is niched down. We will never have "Earth's biggest selection" or whatever. Our store customers don't want anything distracting users from placing items in the cart and checking out.