Assessing Whether the Re-share Button Hurts Engagement
Context
The platform has a "Re-share" button that lets users share existing posts to their own network (e.g., your friend reposts someone else’s content and it appears in your feed). A PM suspects this feature is reducing overall user engagement.
Task
Answer the following:
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How would you determine whether the Re-share button negatively impacts engagement?
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Which core, diagnostic, and guardrail metrics or data sources would you analyze?
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How would you design and execute an experiment (A/B or alternative) to test this hypothesis, including segmentation, power, duration, and confounders?