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# The founder page says "the picks above" and no picks render on a phone

Open · high severity · failure · newsroom.sgit.ai

## What we saw

On a phone with no prior visit, the founder persona page refers to picks that are not shown.

## Why it matters

The page a founder is sent to points at content that is not there, on the first visit, which is the only one that matters.

## The fix

Render the picks on the landing view with no prior state; test it in a fresh browser.

## The record

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Status** | Open |
| **Severity** | High |
| **Kind** | Failure: works against the reader |
| **Product** | [newsroom.sgit.ai](/findings/?product=newsroom.sgit.ai), site |
| **Where** | <https://newsroom.sgit.ai/persona/founder/> |
| **Problems** | [Hidden until script](/findings/?problem=hidden-until-script), [Dead end](/findings/?problem=dead-end) |
| **Visibility** | [Intermittent](/findings/?visibility=intermittent): some readers, some of the time: depends on a gesture, a device or a state, and is hard to reproduce on demand |
| **Recommendation** | [Render on the first load](/findings/?recommendation=render-on-first-load): show the content in the HTML, with no scripts and no prior visit needed |
| **Area** | [Personas](/findings/?area=personas) |
| **Breaks** | [Content is visible without waiting for scripts](/principles/index.md#content-is-visible) |
| **Observed** | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| **Last checked** | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| **Source** | [Review: since v0.6.4](/reviews/newsroom-2026-10-11.md#since-v064-what-v071-changed) |
| **Prototype** | [Front page & personas](/lab/index.md#newsroom-proto-front), route `persona/founder`, in three directions |

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