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I have to wonder, with about pages like this, do some people not take them seriously? I'm a young guy (22) and I find it interesting. To me, it shows that they are a company that can have some fun. Which is a good thing, in my opinion. But I know there are a lot of experienced entrepreneurs on here, ones that probably are more business oriented. What are your guys' opinions on this?

(I hope this comment doesn't sound like a backhanded compliment or anything. I'm really just curious).

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I'm no proven entrepreneur but being in that space, personally i think its a good move by this company. In marketing, provided it's done in a manner that suits your business, you should do everything you can to create conversation, i.e something worth remarking on.

Seth Godin talks more about this in Purple Cow but the above is the general gist of it

Depends on the goal of this. If the goal is to get publicity through sites like HN then I would suggest its a success.

If the goal is to inform users about the business, then I would say its a fail. I personally spent about 1 minute moving my mouse around the page and couldn't be more uninterested in what it was about.

I'm in the "somewhat more experienced entrepreneur" category and I think it's a positive. Demonstrates creativity and that they don't take themselves too seriously.

When I look at websites for developers/designers, the question I ask myself is: What kind of people will this company be able to attract? Will they get the really good ones? Creative things like this increase their chances (people like to work for a fun company).

I'm probably about as conservative as it gets here and, for me, something like this can go two ways. Their creativity is a plus if they are the team I'm hiring to do our website. However, it seems frivolous and unprofessional if it was the team I would considering to replace our CRM.

I agree. This page is great at encouraging me to spend a minute moving my mouse round and round in circles on the page, but doesn't encourage anything further. A few paragraphs (or bullets) of actual information about what you do ("We want to make the world better together with other people!" is as generic and meaningless as they come) might encourage me to click through to the rest of your site.

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