It's not a funnel in the sense of the object that allows you to pour a wide mouthed bottle into a small mouthed one, it's a name for the graph of "how much crap is in your flow" vs "how many customers are still trying to use your awful UI" tends to narrow down sharply and visually resembles a funnel.
You're supposed to hate the funnel! The funnel is what stands between you and a good UX. The (impossibly) ideal funnel is a short length of straight pipe, where 100% of user intent is efficiently converted into action.
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It's not a funnel in the sense of the object that allows you to pour a wide mouthed bottle into a small mouthed one, it's a name for the graph of "how much crap is in your flow" vs "how many customers are still trying to use your awful UI" tends to narrow down sharply and visually resembles a funnel.
You're supposed to hate the funnel! The funnel is what stands between you and a good UX. The (impossibly) ideal funnel is a short length of straight pipe, where 100% of user intent is efficiently converted into action.