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    Behavior Design Blog

    medium.com/behavior-design · Company blog · on HN since 2013

    The Behavior Design Blog on Medium covers habit formation, product psychology, and ethics of addictive technology, with posts on apps and startups.

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    What HN says

    HN links it for its habit and behavior posts; the one commenter quotes its toothbrush test, attributed to Larry Page, for judging companies.

    Stats for nerds
    15HN people shared it
    15linked in comments
    26story points
    Mar 2022last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      How to Design an Online Course with a 96% Completion Rate (2016
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2019 · Discussion on HN
    2. 2
      The Real Reason Apple and Google Want You to Use Your Phone Less
      2 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · Discussion on HN
    3. 3
      The Real Reason ‘Stupid’ Startups Raise So Much Money
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    4. 4
      The toothbrush test
      2 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Happiness Hack: This One Ritual Made Me Much Happier
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Your Fitness App Is Probably Making You Fat, Here’s Why
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
    7. 7
      Behavior Change Apps Don't Work
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      Is Some Tech Too Addictive?
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Why Is Slack So Habit-Forming?
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      The Curse of the Network Effect
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2013 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • abrichrMar 2022

      From https://medium.com/behavior-design/the-toothbrush-trick-used-by-googles-ceo-to-get-customers-to-come-back-910d81c272b4:

      > Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet (the company formerly known as Google), has a quirky way of deciding which companies he likes. It’s called “The Toothbrush Test.” According to the New York Times, when Page looks at a potential company to acquire, he wants to know if the product is, like a toothbrush, “something you will use once or twice a day.”

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