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Comment author: OrphanWilde 16 November 2015 09:15:48PM 5 points [-]

He comes across as genuine?

He comes across to me as somebody who is so obviously not genuine that I'm left wondering whether his lack of genuineness is genuine. Have you looked at Intentional Insight's About Us page?

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 17 November 2015 12:43:45AM 2 points [-]

I'm sad you feel this way. As I stated below, the "About Us" page lists testimonials of people who benefited from Intentional Insights content, and experts who endorse the content. This is pretty standard for nonprofit websites. Do you complain about CFAR's testimonials?

Comment author: gjm 17 November 2015 04:39:09PM 4 points [-]

This is pretty standard for nonprofit websites.

Just to be clear: is InIn a nonprofit?

... Aha, this page on the website says it's a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It might be worth making that more explicit somewhere easier to find, because one thing I thought on looking over the website was "huh, that's interesting: they seem to be trying hard to give the impression of being a nonprofit without actually saying in so many words that they are; I wonder why".

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 17 November 2015 07:07:55PM 2 points [-]

Thanks for pointing that out. The curse of knowledge is such a powerful fallacy, and we fell prey to it.

I had the website revised to insert mentions of InIn being a nonprofit on the front page, and on the About Us page. Here's the link to our Guidestar profile for anyone interested.