How come this trend is so widespread in the startup community. Do people not realise that it makes them look unprofessional when they clearly use a stock photo, and some fake reviews to boost their credibility.
The ones I'm referring to are the small oval pictures, that service/product offering startups are so fond of using. There are usually a few client testimonials that are obviously fake.
A lot of times people just are trying to gauge demand initially. Why blow hundreds of hours or thousands of dollars trying to build a product that people aren't interested in buying.