What's Today #246

🗓 What’s Today — May 5

5 Signs You’re Building Features — But Training Bad User Behavior

Here’s what you need to know today:

1 — Users Skip the Core Flow to Get Value
They find shortcuts around your intended path.

Why this matters:
What users do becomes the real product, not what you designed.

2 — Workarounds Become the Default
Edge-case behavior turns into normal usage.

Why this matters:
Bad patterns scale faster than good ones.

3 — You Add Features to Support Misuse
Instead of fixing behavior, you accommodate it.

Why this matters:
Supporting the wrong behavior locks it in permanently.

4 — Power Users Use It “Incorrectly” but Effectively
They get results in unintended ways.

Why this matters:
Your system is teaching a different workflow than you planned.

5 — New Users Copy Existing Users’ Habits
Behavior spreads through observation.

Why this matters:
Products don’t just solve problems — they train habits.

Quote of the Day

“Users don’t follow your design. They follow what works.” – Unknown