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Re: Rosa Labs

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Post by KevinEldon »

chadwickthebold wrote: post #27
tghw wrote: post #10

Does anyone else find it disingenuous that their homepage has the words "Welcome to Rosa Labs" backed by a stock photo of what must be a much larger lab? I doubt their "labs" look anything like that.

Good point. Startups can get away with using stock photography to show the use cases for their product, but it does seem a little questionable to have stock photos for a science-based company like this to use stock photos of a space that probably isn't theirs, and a 'guy-looking-into-microscope' that probably doesn't work there.

Small tech companies use stock data center photography all of the time. It's usually kind of tacky honestly, but is it really that different?

Re: Rosa Labs

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Post by mcphilip »

Solyent brings out the cynic in me for some reason -- Rosa Labs and accompanying boilerplate just sounds like an attempt at preemptively legitimizing Soylent as a staggeringly important food replacement; the list of investors are simply black swan hunters and not indicative of the importance of the product.

I could be wrong and Soylent may actually be an important product spurring innovation in the ever so important food industry.

I normally gravitate towards the middle of the road opinion after identifying polar opposites, but for some reason I just can't shake the cynicism about this. It'll be interesting to watch what happens...

Re: Rosa Labs

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Post by pbreit »

Could we temper the negativity around here about companies like Twitter, Yelp & Groupon and products like Soylent? It's pretty clear the audience here has some sort of aggregated inability to spot large successes. I guess I can understand a certain amount of skepticism but it sure would be cool to see more "glass half full" sentiment here.

Re: Rosa Labs

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Post by tptacek »

tghw wrote: post #10

Does anyone else find it disingenuous that their homepage has the words "Welcome to Rosa Labs" backed by a stock photo of what must be a much larger lab? I doubt their "labs" look anything like that.

If that isn't actually their lab, yes, that's extremely disingenuous, and potentially even actionable.

Re: Rosa Labs

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Post by benatkin »

freehunter wrote: post #6

Well, that title change certainly made this post useless. The original was "Soylent is now Rosa Labs", which is a very informative title. The new title of "Rosa Labs" is infinitely more likely to get passed over or misunderstood (as well as making the comments hard to understand without visiting the site).

The new title is better IMO. HN is partly entertainment, and I enjoyed the post much more since I looked at their site without first knowing what it would be about.

Re: Rosa Labs

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Post by enraged_camel »

quinnchr wrote: post #25
KevinEldon wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're interested in Soylent then buy some. Try it for a meal or three. Read a few reviews of other people who have tried it. If it works for you maybe try it a few more meals... take care of yourself. If you're concerned about the safety of the product then don't buy it. Bottom line, as a consumer, manage your own risk vs. reward. This is a product you can buy cheaply and experiment with to find out if it's right…

You're still saying it's the early adopters responsibility to determine the safety of the product, which seems fairly ludicrous to me...

No, he is saying the early adopters can take on that responsibility if they wish. There's a slight but important difference in connotation.

I ordered a week's worth last month. I didn't do it to "determine the safety of the product." I did it because the idea intrigues me and I'm willing to give it a try. It's made of well-known ingredients, so what's the absolute worst that can happen?

Re: Rosa Labs

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Post by enraged_camel »

tptacek wrote: post #36
tghw wrote: post #10

Does anyone else find it disingenuous that their homepage has the words "Welcome to Rosa Labs" backed by a stock photo of what must be a much larger lab? I doubt their "labs" look anything like that.

If that isn't actually their lab, yes, that's extremely disingenuous, and potentially even actionable.

It may be disingenuous, but actionable? I really, really doubt that.
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