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		catshirt on Jan 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills... what is the point in optimizing the top of the funnel if no one is going to stick around? aren't retention, engagement, and acquisition equally important? you optimize whichever is your bottleneck.

mvkel on Jan 22, 2014 [–]

Agree completely, all aspects of the funnel need to be optimized, I was explaining that despite really good DAU/MAU numbers, it wasn't a metric that indicates sustainability in this instance.

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