diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7cbad9..0d66673 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ data/
 .env
 .env.local
 .DS_Store
+
+# Playwright inspection artefacts — generated by the MCP browser tool when
+# inspecting the live site. Never source of truth, never committed.
+.playwright-mcp/
+*.png
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte b/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte
index fb1eddd..546c441 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
         <p class="muted-secondary" style="margin: 0;">
           Du velger selv om hver oppføring er privat (kryptert i nettleseren
           din), anonym (synlig uten navn), eller offentlig.
-          <a href="/personvern">Mer om personvern og hvordan det virker.</a>
         </p>
       </div>
     {:else if session.user}
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index efc30b0..2f18186 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -55,38 +55,10 @@ html, body {
   -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
 }
 
-/* Body gets a very subtle snowflake silhouette in the corner, picking up the
-   icon language without being intrusive. Hidden on small viewports because
-   it competes with content. Disabled under prefers-reduced-motion only when
-   the background image could imply motion — here it's static, so it stays. */
-@media (min-width: 1100px) {
-  body {
-    background-image: url('/icon.svg');
-    background-position: calc(50% + 420px) 80px;
-    background-size: 260px;
-    background-repeat: no-repeat;
-    background-attachment: fixed;
-    /* Heavily de-emphasised so it never competes with text contrast. */
-    background-blend-mode: luminosity;
-    background-color: var(--bg);
-  }
-  body::before {
-    /* Layer a soft wash over the icon to fade it to barely-visible. */
-    content: '';
-    position: fixed;
-    inset: 0;
-    background: var(--bg);
-    opacity: 0.92;
-    pointer-events: none;
-    z-index: -1;
-  }
-}
-
 main {
   max-width: 720px;
   margin: 0 auto;
   padding: 1.5rem max(1rem, env(safe-area-inset-right)) calc(4rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)) max(1rem, env(safe-area-inset-left));
-  position: relative;  /* sit above the body::before wash */
 }
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4 { line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0; }
@@ -263,12 +235,13 @@ nav.top h1::after {
   opacity: 0.85;
 }
 
-/* Hero treatment on the landing — a touch more breathing room and weight
-   on the first paragraph so the page reads as inviting, not utilitarian. */
+/* Hero treatment on the landing — extra weight on the first paragraph so
+   the page reads as inviting, not utilitarian. No bottom border: a short
+   landing page only needs one horizontal rule (the footer's), and adding
+   a second made the hero read as a separate section visually fighting the
+   list below. */
 .landing-hero {
-  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
-  padding-bottom: 1rem;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
 }
 .landing-hero p {
   font-size: 1.05rem;