“Once a technology has created an association in users’ minds that the product is the solution of choice, they return on their… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“79 percent of smartphone owners check their device within 15 minutes of waking up every morning.” — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
Many innovations fail because consumers irrationally overvalue the old while companies irrationally overvalue the new. — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Once a technology has created an association in users’ minds that the product is the solution of choice, they return on their… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“79 percent of smartphone owners check their device within 15 minutes of waking up every morning.[i] Perhaps more startling, fully one-third of… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“an investment in the product serves as the string that pulls the user back. To do this, the habit-forming technology increases the… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Maples believes technology waves follow a three-phase pattern, “They start with infrastructure. Advances in infrastructure are the preliminary forces that enable a… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Storing Value Unlike physical goods in the real world, the software that runs our technology products can adapt itself to our needs.… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“The invention of the telephone was also dismissed at first. Sir William Preece, the chief engineer of the British Post Office famously… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Remember and Share - To help designers of habit-forming technology assess the morality behind how they manipulate users, it is helpful to… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Imagine a time when your mobile phone rang but you didn’t answer it. Why not? Perhaps the phone was buried in a bag, making… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“For an example of how perception of a limited supply can increase sales, look no further than Amazon.com. My recent search for a DVD… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“all humans are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain, to seek hope and avoid fear, and finally, to seek social acceptance and avoid… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“The more users invest in a product through tiny bits of work, the more valuable the product becomes in their lives and the less… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“Twitter The “feed” has become a social staple of many online products. The stream of limitless information displayed in a scrolling interface makes for… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“Once a technology has created an association in users’ minds that the product is the solution of choice, they return on their own, no… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“Instead of asking ‘what problem should I solve?’ ask ‘what problem do I wish someone else would solve for me?’”[cxxxi]” — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“Storing Value Unlike physical goods in the real world, the software that runs our technology products can adapt itself to our needs. To become… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“From the follower side of the equation, the more Twitter users curate the list of people they follow, the better the service will be… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“When bored, many people seek excitement and turn to dramatic news headlines. When we feel overly stressed we seek calm, perhaps finding relief in… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“Remember and Share - Action is the second step in The Hook. - The action is the simplest behavior in anticipation of reward. -… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
Habit-forming products often start as nice-to-haves, but once the habit is formed, they become must-haves. — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“Experiences with finite variability become less engaging because they eventually become predictable. Businesses with finite variability are not inferior per se, they just operate… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
Fogg states that all humans are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain; to seek hope and avoid fear; and finally, to seek social… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
“Stack Overflow’s content is created voluntarily by people who use the site. A staggering 5,000 answers to questions are generated per day by site… — Nir Eyal Copy Share
![“79 percent of smartphone owners check their device within 15 minutes of waking up every morning.[i] Perhaps more startling, fully one-third of Americans say they would rather give up sex than lose their cell phones.[ii] A 2011 university study suggested people check their phones 34 times per day.” quote by Nir Eyal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c19/nir-eyal-1258_cell-phone_79-percent-of-smartphone-owners-check-th_2632321.jpg)
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