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Insight
Ferris: Allowing users to build and create drives intrinsic product affinity.
“Most people are kind of Social explorer people. We like to build things. We like to create things. And when you create something, you have this intrinsic positive feeling and it creates this great affinity with what you're doing.”
Brian Ferris Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 12:41 137 Countries Taught Him Why Users Do What You Want
Insight
Ferris: Loss avoidance triggers immediate user action but lacks long-term motivation.
“Loss avoidance, which is something that we all are motivated by. And it's a black hat motivator because what it does is it triggers responses quickly, but it doesn't necessarily create long lasting motivation.”
Brian Ferris Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 35:11 137 Countries Taught Him Why Users Do What You Want
Insight
Ferris: Embedding shared community purpose and social influence makes software stickier.
“Whenever you're creating a product, if you can create ways for people to feel like it's more than just a tool for themselves, it's more than just something that they can get something out of, and it's actually like a group and a community thing, that is the bi…”
Brian Ferris Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 43:04 137 Countries Taught Him Why Users Do What You Want
Opinion
Ferris: Thailand's international tourism makes it a better accommodation market than Vietnam.
“I would argue that Vietnam is has a more homegrown economy and therefore doesn't have as much international tourism as Thailand does. That partly influences my thought. Like Thailand has a, probably a better market if you were to set up a, you know, tourist lo…”
Brian Ferris Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 26:57 137 Countries Taught Him Why Users Do What You Want
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