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I know this is low-value, but it always stuns me to see basic typos on a product’s landing page (lets —> let’s). Have the creators shown it to anyone else? Has
by npilk 5y ago
I know this is low-value, but it always stuns me to see basic typos on a product’s landing page (lets —> let’s). Have the creators shown it to anyone else? Has nobody close to them told them about it?
I don’t blame anyone for making a mistake - everyone does it, and I’m certainly no exception. But typos like this make a product feel much less professional and by extension less trustworthy. To me, good copy feels important enough to be a top priority, at least on your landing page…
If a friend shared their new site with me and I saw a typo like this one, I would flag it to them every time.
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoYou're not the only one who has that kind of reaction. Proofread copy should be important everywhere, not just on the landing page, but this is literally in the first sentence after the initial headline.
- kreeben 5y agoSure but on the other hand you have copy that has gone through five levels of managers OK-stamping it but only after fixing the errors and sanding down all sharp edges, your text churned into corporate yogurt that no one in their right mind would ever believe because it resembles FAANG speak too much. I kind of like the odd error here and there. Makes me feel safe to at least try out their product.
- BigJono 5y agoIs that not what's happened to this site anyway? Looks an awful lot like corporate yogurt to me.
- develatio 5y agoWhile I do agree a typo in the very first sentence is not the perfect way to start, there’s still the fact that English is not everybody’s native language and this sort of typos can be very hard to spot for non-english natives. Not an excuse for having typos in the product’s website, but a very common explanation for it.