## Metadata - Author: [[Counting Stuff]] - Full Title:: Feedback Mechanisms Are Terrible Data Sources - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Read date:: [[2026-10-03]] ## Highlights > Of the people who do provide feedback, it's usually some highly self-selected group – often someone who is upset enough to provide feedback, or something excited to give positive feedback. There's rarely any middle ground because those individuals are satisfied enough that they're just going to go on with their life. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m40z45xzaykn6mx8fmtw0jmc)) > I think it's a bit more valuable to get a positive response than a negative one since they're often rarer and is associated with a direction (the current thing vs infinite alternatives). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m40z7b5yfkvz8qm6pn3qxc98))