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Lionga 8 days ago

"Logo play" is such a YCombinator word for Lie.

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yaseer 8 days ago | parent [-]

It says "Our users are everywhere" and shows some logos for the companies these users are from.

If the users are from those companies, this is not lying.

If they added logos for companies their users are not from, it would be lying.

Adding a logo to your webpage has started to follow different patterns for the stage of the company.

Early stage companies show things like "people at X, Y, Z use our product!" (showing logos without permission), whilst later stage ones tend to show logos after asking for permission, and with more formal case studies.

They may not have asked for permission to show these logos, but that's not the same thing as lying.

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weego 8 days ago | parent | next [-]

There's a lot of heavy lifting in the idea that someone who tried it / used it of their own volition that happens to work for, say Google, is the same as indicating that your product is "used by Google".

It's a lie of accuracy, but still a lie.

	▲	addandsubtract 8 days ago \| parent [-]
		The customer used a Gmail address!

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jrvieira 8 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I feel like everyone already understands that argument and it won't convince anyone that it's any less of a lie.

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Aurornis 8 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> If the users are from those companies, this is not lying.

Do you really believe all of those companies allow employees to install pre-release software on their computers which records company meetings and interacts with a long list of 3rd party APIs? I doubt it.

They could have had people who are employed by these companies use it on their personal computers for some purpose, but the implication they’re trying to make is that those companies have chosen this software. That’s a lie.

	▲	yujonglee 8 days ago \| parent [-]
		> and interacts with a long list of 3rd party APIs? I doubt it. It does not interact with 3rd party API.(except opt-out-able analytics) It uses local-ai models. No data leave user's device. It helps users in large org to try it. > but the implication they’re trying to make is that those companies have chosen this software. We used "Our Users are Everywhere" to avoid that implication. It is not typical B2B software, but open-source desktop app that individuals can use.