Hi HN,<p>I'm Robbert, creator of fast JavaScript data table library DataGridXL. You might have seen the Hacker News post a few days ago where I introduced v2 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30919257).<p>The product is a solo effort (and ideally it should stay that way).<p>My question is: should I write as "I" on my website or "we"?<p>I chose to communicate using "we" on my website. The main reason for this is that I am afraid that (larger) companies would not take my product seriously when they find out that it's a one man project. I would miss out on sales.<p>However, it would be nice to not have to pretend. I know other creators (Pieter Levels of Nomadlist comes to mind) that do not pretend to be a company of people.<p>Are there any people on this forum that have dealt with this for their own product? Or perhaps have a strong opinion on this topic? I am very much open to suggestions.
Hi HN,
I'm Robbert, creator of fast JavaScript data table library DataGridXL. You might have seen the Hacker News post a few days ago where I introduced v2 (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30919257" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30919257</a>).<p>The product is a solo effort (and ideally it should stay that way).<p>My question is: should I write as "I" on my website or "we"?<p>I chose to communicate using "we" on my website. The main reason for this is that I am afraid that (larger) companies would not take my product seriously when they find out that it's a one man project. I would miss out on sales.<p>However, it would be nice to not have to pretend. I know other creators (Pieter Levels of Nomadlist comes to mind) that do not pretend to be a company of people.<p>Are there any people on this forum that have dealt with this for their own product? Or perhaps have a strong opinion on this topic? I am very much open to suggestions.
The Royal we. Every we is “you and I” the reader and the writer (you) so you can comfortably use we even though you mean I and potential clients will see what they want.