Re:Fallen out of love with LinkedIn?
by damncabbage on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @11:48PM
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I suspect it's more the "Looks like we can't find what your looking for" than the "oh noes".
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Good spot! We are planning to do a full site audit of that stuff, just been too busy with start-up life. We have 6 full time staff and not over a thousand like others.
Re:Fallen out of love with LinkedIn?
by jaysonelliot on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @08:11AM
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It's not really about the spelling error itself. It's about the fact that you don't have the time to look for things like that, because of start-up life.
My point is that if that detail is missed, I begin to worry about other, more important details - such as security and the safety of my data.
Think of it as the "brown M&M test."
Re:Fallen out of love with LinkedIn?
by damncabbage on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @11:59PM
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All good. Best of luck with it. :-)
I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out what the fuss was about before I realized they fixed it! Woops.
However, a question remains: will they eventually sell out and do similar privacy-controversial decisions as LinkedIn? Will everyone have to move again? I'm sure 3 years ago LinkedIn would deny that they would do anything like their recent move, but here we are. People keep moving from a service to another, hoping that it will be better, but what's to stop the new service from doing the same tricks once it gets big enough?
Re:Fallen out of love with LinkedIn?
by jackowayed on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @12:25AM
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Comma before "but" too, please.
You could also tone down the deliberate cuteness. "Hmm what? Oh noes, looks like..." six nothing words before getting to the point: 404. It's wasted space, tediously hip and cloying. I hazard to say most of us older than 12 aren't amused.
I actually find that when a website takes the time to create a personal and interesting 404 page, it signals the fact that they really care about user experiencer. 404 pages can be some of the most jarring things for a user and the fact that they shared some personality and helped the user get back on track says to me that the team is focused on the right things.