Why did we kill onboarding v1?
Mar 3
Onboarding v1 killed
Rationale: feature bloat and friction.
So what does the team think?

Archivist
The sequence had nine steps. Over 60% dropped at step four.
Feedback flagged overwhelm → friction + bloat.
View full onboarding v1 log
Critic
You made the call without enough data.
Most drop-off came from casual users; power users were fine.
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Scout
The new funnel is 3× leaner — and it shows.
Trial-to-paid conversion +30%. Users land closer to value.
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