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by rhl 5027 days ago
As a meta-comment, the obvious should be pointed out: by creating shock value, the name creates discussions, which create upvotes, which drives more traffic to the post hence leads to more feedback.

Call it "growth hacking" if you want, but the name is quite smart in that respect.

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I only see evidence of one kind of feedback, which, I hope, was expected, so it's not very useful.

It's not growth hacking if you don't grow something you care about (e.g. users not "naming" discussions).

"Call it 'growth hacking' if you want, but the name is quite smart in that respect."

Traffic != use, in roughly the same way that gawking at an accident != first aid.