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ironic_ali | 5 years ago

The text reads like a phishing scam in places too. Strange word choices, slightly off grammar and missing punctuation.

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Acoto|5 years ago

May I know why you are saying this?

Do let me know the changes I can make so that it doesn't sound like that. Also do refer to my reply to another comment if you too have misunderstood what our startup is doing.

l_t|5 years ago

I believe their point is that it doesn't look like the text was written by a native English speaker -- there are spelling and grammatical errors.

For a business, having spelling or grammatical errors is sometimes seen as an early indicator that the business is a scam. There are a variety of reasons for this and it's not necessarily fair.

The practical fix in your case, which I'd strongly recommend if you can, would be to find someone to review the text and fix all grammar, spelling, and formatting issues.

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Also, some of your phrasings could be a turn-off because they hint at information instead of revealing it. (They "play coy.") This behavior is associated with people over-selling, exaggerating, or hiding things.

Examples include:

"Acoto has everything and for everyone."

"We have limited spots and many excited users so don't get left behind."

People have seen excited sentences like this so many times, we're immune to them. In fact they often have the opposite effect. Instead of using excited copy, it's better to focus on your great idea and users will get excited all by themselves.