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Does anyone else find it disingenuous that their homepage has the words "Welcome to Rosa Labs" backed by a stock photo of what must be a much larger lab? I doub

by tghw 13y ago

Does anyone else find it disingenuous that their homepage has the words "Welcome to Rosa Labs" backed by a stock photo of what must be a much larger lab? I doubt their "labs" look anything like that.

KevinEldon 13y ago
No, it's not a problem for me.
chadwickthebold 13y ago
Good point. Startups can get away with using stock photography to show the use cases for their product, but it does seem a little questionable to have stock photos for a science-based company like this to use stock photos of a space that probably isn't theirs, and a 'guy-looking-into-microscope' that probably doesn't work there.
- KevinEldon 13y ago
  Small tech companies use stock data center photography all of the time. It's usually kind of tacky honestly, but is it really that different?
  - vdaniuk 13y ago
    Its popular to hate on Soylent, so anything goes, including use of stock photos.
tptacek 13y ago
If that isn't actually their lab, yes, that's extremely disingenuous, and potentially even actionable.
- enraged_camel 13y ago
  It may be disingenuous, but actionable? I really, really doubt that.
  - tptacek 13y ago
    California unfair competition law is pretty broad.
- edwardio 13y ago
  Reverse image search, looks like its a stock photo: (apologizes for the long url) https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZis1D9mIAbiUBTpGcU3bNngaNlwiLDH3ZSQNnAQCYtj_1XR3ARrT1DPensZghpavz2RoAW9UG9DgVAT2fErDSrSsGVLm66RUikxG4WjG_1KoNu_1qxm7qUCwczX0kbo5IPSIHT0EdkahbI8eO1nDQfcojrZoUuCWGxGhX4HC8Ou6WDWDuW2tvlImsBabhwy5flElGQcHQmSVYbjxg3qAYa8N1jY6iJsYhPRaVO1EKrASuS6-SdkC5p-W1pDiXfhfAe4d8vU_1ToUVD_1OrEiO4GPeZjjXSSVDjLoVgJY5zrwBbp4Yb2qNGrOHIJm90-5p7cP3_1AcuyZypjHEE6bjAJkovcfiktjPQBOCkyRLqvm2zpyvLp2QPW9Q7wmhaH37FWhs8Bpq6uP1fiuCEEv0tSUzTR8JvFExXZLUTInaA9FCBQrv4uh2uhjsfvKX6R9qpqP-A0cCxGZwiN_1hXCpRhI5Ceatv5cRq-DJBSq5mi5ghWQsE74v8F5knFKffMetmu_119V5zbM7XcSG6o9k4NPVMM6kP00MGOmCAsMxKfTIXJf8ujjjR6Lby4nj22JmtWfguUTOUbwdyEu11aXPVK6utd5OkyS66KFC4Piyc_1ZTK2gIdbzuty7fBPgAnBoLo5WDpEedp2wF6fE1wdcZXVyJCfXQtwFinQ0WyIA0YVI3daawCf2JKhki8JMZA00GprrrTR4YtylneB3m5u3a5qi7bnkojAnI0kpnst8ivmKduWvzgR9_1A8X_1SSp1ucuLtgDz0B09MWfLi4U6CR-bcnpmYSZFPyJ97GYPDYyvnYqQPTV2cPU312d6cG6ZS9-BASWWGy0mJOExvs155BxI7l6d1ZVfAy-tsnSvv69dTsYHcZD0rbuksNYPz1NBUSwd5U9daixAwjf82ZB12RsLgc88teGZVZOnN5RDfQBZm32hVAc3ijPqZyIAYaHEal44EfvceF-ni0YI1TC3PpQsJV11Phv6cc2RUo26_1ygmdoj0Wks8Ufx0I4CcGLFaW7Bn7-t00xgD4JqKcdigE7tVMsNKLVe26t61wN3IgIhjJcjJGOSfd1Fqo1EKNmjmtlGDNvDp-VHMAq4SV8pKX_1_10nbk19zh8pxYP4oyV63D_1-rCLF2VjXh1QbyHrsBRDgcuFHl6EEcuHDx-u6kY-0lbeok0MiYNyLBdYphl0DYyX-Pdrg_1jgJ0YDAihBruVS4A2ND5cOufpOW_1LJENqneBnzntxWeS-7nwMYAaMLbhovl8BAMq1WHy-wOA4ZVMjXZB5fADW8TdB8F4X9tUgo0gMlSnkeMYUxNBbj24mmA&btnG=Search%20by%20image https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZis1D9mIAbiUBTpGcU...
smnrchrds 13y ago
I didn't like the photos either. Specially the second one which shows someone in lab coat looking into a microscope. It gives the sense that the product is being tested extensively by professionals, while the reality is much different. If the team thinks they can make a food product without nutritionists or doctors, they should just a picture of themselves on the front page.

by tghw 13y ago

Does anyone else find it disingenuous that their homepage has the words "Welcome to Rosa Labs" backed by a stock photo of what must be a much larger lab? I doubt their "labs" look anything like that.

KevinEldon 13y ago

No, it's not a problem for me.

chadwickthebold 13y ago

Good point. Startups can get away with using stock photography to show the use cases for their product, but it does seem a little questionable to have stock photos for a science-based company like this to use stock photos of a space that probably isn't theirs, and a 'guy-looking-into-microscope' that probably doesn't work there.

KevinEldon 13y ago
Small tech companies use stock data center photography all of the time. It's usually kind of tacky honestly, but is it really that different?
- vdaniuk 13y ago
  Its popular to hate on Soylent, so anything goes, including use of stock photos.

tptacek 13y ago

If that isn't actually their lab, yes, that's extremely disingenuous, and potentially even actionable.

enraged_camel 13y ago
It may be disingenuous, but actionable? I really, really doubt that.
- tptacek 13y ago
  California unfair competition law is pretty broad.
edwardio 13y ago
Reverse image search, looks like its a stock photo: (apologizes for the long url) https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZis1D9mIAbiUBTpGcU3bNngaNlwiLDH3ZSQNnAQCYtj_1XR3ARrT1DPensZghpavz2RoAW9UG9DgVAT2fErDSrSsGVLm66RUikxG4WjG_1KoNu_1qxm7qUCwczX0kbo5IPSIHT0EdkahbI8eO1nDQfcojrZoUuCWGxGhX4HC8Ou6WDWDuW2tvlImsBabhwy5flElGQcHQmSVYbjxg3qAYa8N1jY6iJsYhPRaVO1EKrASuS6-SdkC5p-W1pDiXfhfAe4d8vU_1ToUVD_1OrEiO4GPeZjjXSSVDjLoVgJY5zrwBbp4Yb2qNGrOHIJm90-5p7cP3_1AcuyZypjHEE6bjAJkovcfiktjPQBOCkyRLqvm2zpyvLp2QPW9Q7wmhaH37FWhs8Bpq6uP1fiuCEEv0tSUzTR8JvFExXZLUTInaA9FCBQrv4uh2uhjsfvKX6R9qpqP-A0cCxGZwiN_1hXCpRhI5Ceatv5cRq-DJBSq5mi5ghWQsE74v8F5knFKffMetmu_119V5zbM7XcSG6o9k4NPVMM6kP00MGOmCAsMxKfTIXJf8ujjjR6Lby4nj22JmtWfguUTOUbwdyEu11aXPVK6utd5OkyS66KFC4Piyc_1ZTK2gIdbzuty7fBPgAnBoLo5WDpEedp2wF6fE1wdcZXVyJCfXQtwFinQ0WyIA0YVI3daawCf2JKhki8JMZA00GprrrTR4YtylneB3m5u3a5qi7bnkojAnI0kpnst8ivmKduWvzgR9_1A8X_1SSp1ucuLtgDz0B09MWfLi4U6CR-bcnpmYSZFPyJ97GYPDYyvnYqQPTV2cPU312d6cG6ZS9-BASWWGy0mJOExvs155BxI7l6d1ZVfAy-tsnSvv69dTsYHcZD0rbuksNYPz1NBUSwd5U9daixAwjf82ZB12RsLgc88teGZVZOnN5RDfQBZm32hVAc3ijPqZyIAYaHEal44EfvceF-ni0YI1TC3PpQsJV11Phv6cc2RUo26_1ygmdoj0Wks8Ufx0I4CcGLFaW7Bn7-t00xgD4JqKcdigE7tVMsNKLVe26t61wN3IgIhjJcjJGOSfd1Fqo1EKNmjmtlGDNvDp-VHMAq4SV8pKX_1_10nbk19zh8pxYP4oyV63D_1-rCLF2VjXh1QbyHrsBRDgcuFHl6EEcuHDx-u6kY-0lbeok0MiYNyLBdYphl0DYyX-Pdrg_1jgJ0YDAihBruVS4A2ND5cOufpOW_1LJENqneBnzntxWeS-7nwMYAaMLbhovl8BAMq1WHy-wOA4ZVMjXZB5fADW8TdB8F4X9tUgo0gMlSnkeMYUxNBbj24mmA&btnG=Search%20by%20image https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZis1D9mIAbiUBTpGcU...

smnrchrds 13y ago

I didn't like the photos either. Specially the second one which shows someone in lab coat looking into a microscope. It gives the sense that the product is being tested extensively by professionals, while the reality is much different. If the team thinks they can make a food product without nutritionists or doctors, they should just a picture of themselves on the front page.