Company Image Critique

Commenters criticize tech companies and startups for overly hyping their brand, culture, and self-image through marketing narratives, often seeing it as disingenuous, generic, or prioritizing personalities over products.

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Sample Comments

adem May 8, 2013 View on HN

They're making a bigger deal about their company than their products. Am I missing something?

astonex Sep 6, 2017 View on HN

It's a nice idea but I find how a company likes to describe itself can be vastly different to how it actually is.

yread Aug 11, 2025 View on HN

Why do people need to create anthropomorphising narratives around companies? Don't be any company's cheerleader, use the stuff that's best for you (and the environment)

turtlebits Aug 4, 2022 View on HN

It seems kind of disingenuous to show companies logos, when it could just be a random employee- let alone using the phrase "trusted by".

brandon272 Mar 25, 2010 View on HN

This company is starting to sound like a broken record. They only have 4 or 5 main mantras that they constantly reiterate in 50 different ways. We get it. You're edgy. Keep working on your company instead of trying to convince the world how cool you are.On the other hand, maybe I'm being too critical. They are probably just trying to do some cross-platform promotion of what's in their book. No shame in that.

curiousllama Aug 22, 2020 View on HN

idk its easier than saying "thing that firms brag about during recruiting conversations in order to set themselves apart from other, similar companies"What's a more human way?

alexander2002 Nov 14, 2024 View on HN

Who can trust a company whose name contradicts its presence.

carabiner Apr 1, 2023 View on HN

Is this from Chatgpt? It sounds like generic startup pablum. "We're not like other companies," proceeds to sound like every company.

zem Oct 10, 2015 View on HN

i've often felt that hn should support some sort of flair for people who want to make it clear that they are speaking for their company

Sounds like some folks actually believe corporate mission statements!