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Horrific CX. I'm sure if Ghost discovered a bug causing data loss it would become an engineering priority.

From a customer's perspective this is the same thing. This shows a complete lack of empathy with what customers feel when they use your platform.

Stories like these stick with me. When I evaluate using a product, hearing about customer pain like this makes it a no go. Similarly I've told friends that I wouldn't work for a company they've applied to based on bad c-level engagement with customers.

Stuff like this spreads. If you won't fix it for your customers sake, fix it out of self interest.




Some people have since reached out to me and told me:

1. The CEO randomly picks on women on twitter he thinks subtweeted him and writes their bosses

2. The same lock-out mechanism — plus the queue for deletion — happens if eg your credit card expires or has an issue or sometimes randomly




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