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Please remove the Facebook, Mailchimp etc logos. It really leaves a bad taste - it's a practice to show those on a landing when either the companies whose logo

Please remove the Facebook, Mailchimp etc logos. It really leaves a bad taste - it's a practice to show those on a landing when either the companies whose logo are featured, are using this product/service or have said something positive about it. But after reading the line below it, it's just a mis-direction, felt almost cheated. I'd highly recommend removing it.

jz10 14y ago
I agree. Both the orientation and placement of the logos highly suggest that they have a strong connection to the product being sold. Intentional or not, I do not think it qualifies as something dishonest but it is quite sneaky :) Edit Question: On second thought, Is it really a bad thing? The logos do have their purpose (examples of webapps) and there was never mention of any connections with the companies displayed. The false conclusion that an average skimming reader arrives upon seeing the logos comes from "unwritten norms" of the web, and thereafter, the feeling of being misled.
polyfractal 14y ago
Yeah, this is very misleading. The icons seem to imply "Facebook used my service/book/advice", when in reality you just mean "Facebook is a web service". Either make it abundantly clear with a big headline, or scrap the icons. They look waaay too much like social proof logos. Edit: Looking at it again, you do have an abundantly clear headline that describes what they are. Which I didn't even see because I assumed they are social proof logos. I'd just scrap them entirely.
javajosh 14y ago
FWIW I didn't get that impression at all, and did not feel mislead by these icons.
t4nkd 14y ago
Agree, at first I thought Nathan had accomplished something for these companies. I thought it odd that he didn't make a bigger deal about his work for them. It was a shot to his credibility that I found he has never been involved in projects for these teams, or if he has, it's not discoverable.

jz10 14y ago

I agree. Both the orientation and placement of the logos highly suggest that they have a strong connection to the product being sold. Intentional or not, I do not think it qualifies as something dishonest but it is quite sneaky :) Edit Question: On second thought, Is it really a bad thing? The logos do have their purpose (examples of webapps) and there was never mention of any connections with the companies displayed. The false conclusion that an average skimming reader arrives upon seeing the logos comes from "unwritten norms" of the web, and thereafter, the feeling of being misled.

polyfractal 14y ago

Yeah, this is very misleading. The icons seem to imply "Facebook used my service/book/advice", when in reality you just mean "Facebook is a web service". Either make it abundantly clear with a big headline, or scrap the icons. They look waaay too much like social proof logos. Edit: Looking at it again, you do have an abundantly clear headline that describes what they are. Which I didn't even see because I assumed they are social proof logos. I'd just scrap them entirely.

javajosh 14y ago

FWIW I didn't get that impression at all, and did not feel mislead by these icons.

t4nkd 14y ago

Agree, at first I thought Nathan had accomplished something for these companies. I thought it odd that he didn't make a bigger deal about his work for them. It was a shot to his credibility that I found he has never been involved in projects for these teams, or if he has, it's not discoverable.