Logo Design Criticism

This cluster centers on users critiquing the unappealing, distorted, and ugly logo of a featured project or site, often noting its intentional poor design, similarities to other logos like Hacker News or StumbleUpon, and calls for improvements. Discussions highlight how the logo detracts from perceived legitimacy and user experience.

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Sample Comments

kerng • Oct 28, 2021 • View on HN

Is it just me, or is that logo a little unappealing and distorted?

pcmaffey • Feb 21, 2020 • View on HN

Given the logo, I'm assuming this is intentional?

thorax • May 14, 2008 • View on HN

Wish they had a better logo, might seem more legit.

jobigoud • Dec 14, 2018 • View on HN

Can these still be called logos?

kingspact • Apr 28, 2024 • View on HN

Logo's off-putting, seems that way on purpose.

vamsee • May 11, 2010 • View on HN

Cool. The logo needs some work.

sumithad • Aug 6, 2015 • View on HN

agree with the logo comments. we will fix that soon.

Jass_ack • Oct 3, 2017 • View on HN

Now that logo is something ugly

sambolling • Sep 5, 2013 • View on HN

"Logo's"? Really?

mmmlinux • Jan 23, 2025 • View on HN

That logo is really hard to look at on every page...