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Yup, I came here to note the "its" problem. I won't try the app or look any further, because anybody who can't be bothered to use proper grammar on a publicity

by xb95 14y ago

Yup, I came here to note the "its" problem. I won't try the app or look any further, because anybody who can't be bothered to use proper grammar on a publicity stunt sure as hell isn't going to release a quality product.

matznerd 14y ago
That is not a just correlation. Someone who is creative enough to come up with something like this, probably has a creative app as well. It is nearly impossible to put out a product without any minor mistakes.
- lancewiggs 14y ago
  Attention to detail matters, especially when it comes to being trusted to run a business with someone else's money. Regardless - I'd be quietly reprinting and replacing.
- xb95 14y ago
  I don't consider this creative, personally. People have been littering my car with leaflets for many years. Every single time, I get annoyed and throw them away.
- shock3naw 14y ago
  There's a huge gap in the complexity of getting your product perfect and not making grade-school level grammar errors on a 20 line 'parking ticket.'
MikeCampo 14y ago
That's pretty harsh. I understand that it's silly to not proofread very carefully when doing a stunt like this, but language mistakes aren't a sign of incompetence.
- gergles 14y ago
  Language mistakes are not, but not having your document proofread before you illegally litter it all over a parking lot is.
- bryne 14y ago
  Grammar mistakes are a sign of laziness, not incompetence. Both should be warning signs.
  - MikeCampo 14y ago
    Right, by incompetence I was referring to the parent's comment towards the guy not being able to build a quality product because he left an apostrophe out of a word.
papercruncher 14y ago
Just to make sure: you are being sarcastic, right?
- xb95 14y ago
  Not really. Someone launches a hot-new-startup-you-just-have-to-see every 20 minutes. The time I have spare to devote to looking at new things is super limited, so, much like with that old adage that "first impressions count", I start to filter things based on what are, in many cases, trivialities. In this case, though, I don't feel that it's entirely trivial. Quality is something that happens top to bottom, I believe. Think about Apple -- while I dislike a lot of things they do as far as the walled garden goes -- I feel that they have a quality experience through and through. Every step along the way -- visiting the store, buying a product, even the packaging is well done. When you have 30 seconds to make an impression on the people that might make or break your future, "that startup that littered a bunch of cars with dead trees and didn't even get someone to proofread" is not the kind of impression I'd want to be making.

by xb95 14y ago

matznerd 14y ago

That is not a just correlation. Someone who is creative enough to come up with something like this, probably has a creative app as well. It is nearly impossible to put out a product without any minor mistakes.

lancewiggs 14y ago
Attention to detail matters, especially when it comes to being trusted to run a business with someone else's money. Regardless - I'd be quietly reprinting and replacing.
xb95 14y ago
I don't consider this creative, personally. People have been littering my car with leaflets for many years. Every single time, I get annoyed and throw them away.
shock3naw 14y ago
There's a huge gap in the complexity of getting your product perfect and not making grade-school level grammar errors on a 20 line 'parking ticket.'

MikeCampo 14y ago

That's pretty harsh. I understand that it's silly to not proofread very carefully when doing a stunt like this, but language mistakes aren't a sign of incompetence.

gergles 14y ago
Language mistakes are not, but not having your document proofread before you illegally litter it all over a parking lot is.
bryne 14y ago
Grammar mistakes are a sign of laziness, not incompetence. Both should be warning signs.
- MikeCampo 14y ago
  Right, by incompetence I was referring to the parent's comment towards the guy not being able to build a quality product because he left an apostrophe out of a word.

papercruncher 14y ago

Just to make sure: you are being sarcastic, right?

xb95 14y ago
Not really. Someone launches a hot-new-startup-you-just-have-to-see every 20 minutes. The time I have spare to devote to looking at new things is super limited, so, much like with that old adage that "first impressions count", I start to filter things based on what are, in many cases, trivialities. In this case, though, I don't feel that it's entirely trivial. Quality is something that happens top to bottom, I believe. Think about Apple -- while I dislike a lot of things they do as far as the walled garden goes -- I feel that they have a quality experience through and through. Every step along the way -- visiting the store, buying a product, even the packaging is well done. When you have 30 seconds to make an impression on the people that might make or break your future, "that startup that littered a bunch of cars with dead trees and didn't even get someone to proofread" is not the kind of impression I'd want to be making.