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		clemiclemen on March 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Simpson's paradox This reminds me of a similar story with YouTube [1] where improving the page weight decreased the metrics because more people with lower end connections could access the page. Metrics interpretation is as important as the metrics themselves! [1]: https://blog.chriszacharias.com/page-weight-matters

jldugger on March 12, 2024 [–]

That may be exactly the story I was thinking of, or perhaps the original of a story I encountered on a GCP cloud post or something.

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