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by NomDePlum 1927 days ago
I'm curious why that matters?

Part of that curiosity is because the answers so far talk about 'About'pages and similar.

What's the added benefit/trust you are looking for here?

Apologies if my question is naïve.

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To me, the about us page is one of the more difficult things to fake and can at least tell you whether the company is brand new or maybe owned by a big company or just a recent startup.

I have found out quite a few scams by looking at the about us page and researching the names on the page. Most everyone working in tech had some kind of digital trail that would take a lot of effort to fake.

If I get taken for a ride, I want to at least know who is going the driving.

100% agreed on this. Also: because reputations matter.
I thought about that quite a bit before I posted this. "why do you care??"

The answer was still just the same: I'm curious who is working on this.

So I guess pretty much just curiosity for me.