[HN Gopher] "This guy is on every startup website"
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       "This guy is on every startup website"
        
       Author : ignoramous
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2021-10-11 21:01 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com)
        
       | jimmies wrote:
       | Anyone remembers that this girl is on every dead startup website?
       | 
       | https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/parked-domain-girl
        
       | henriquez wrote:
       | Is this the Twitter thread where we learn that stock photography
       | is a thing? I'm sure it's not intended that way but it could be
       | seen as bullying or otherwise tech-bro douchebaggery.
        
       | version_five wrote:
       | This is funny but certainly not weird. Are people surprised that
       | companies use models for their stock photos and not actual
       | customers or employees?
       | 
       | Also, I'm willing to bet the smiling girl with a headset is see
       | on every second contact page isnt a real employee either.
       | 
       | It reminds me of that apparently now deleted twitter thread about
       | the different stock pictures of the girl famous for the "girl
       | whose boyfriend is looking at passing girl's butt" picture
        
       | mastrsushi wrote:
       | ((Diversity))
        
       | m_ke wrote:
       | https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/portrait-of-smiling-africa...
        
         | Imnimo wrote:
         | >Portrait of smiling african American young businessman in
         | glasses pose in modern office hold use smartphone, happy
         | successful millennial biracial male employee or director look
         | at camera at workplace
         | 
         | The "descriptions" on these are wild. I guess it's really just
         | a way to jam in as many potential search terms as possible, but
         | it feels like they half-heartedly tried to make a sentence and
         | then gave up on the idea.
        
           | zinekeller wrote:
           | Holdover from the days where computers from the 1980s (in a
           | news organisation setting) do not have a separate field for
           | title and tags (which makes sense back then when storage is
           | at premium).
        
       | mikestew wrote:
       | Now do a white guy. Because I'm wondering if companies use a
       | stock photo because it's easier than taking photos of their
       | unphotogenic staff, or if it is because they wish to appear
       | diverse but come photo time they look around the office
       | and..."oh, shit, we really need to quit hiring based on 'cultural
       | fit'".
        
         | animal_spirits wrote:
         | Doubt it. I see the same "white" guy in two of google's
         | products. I'm guessing they chose this guy because he's a
         | handsome and prolific model. I don't think trying to slip race
         | into this will make it a better discussion.
        
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