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Hi I'm from the WOO team, the reason for a closed beta is because we want to control the quality of candidates however you are a HN user which is why we created

Hi I'm from the WOO team, the reason for a closed beta is because we want to control the quality of candidates however you are a HN user which is why we created a link to HN users to bypass the invite - here it is: https://woo.io/eng/useinvite?token=1085A2AA0E9B89D90AF94BCD0596458E https://woo.io/eng/useinvite?token=1085A2AA0E9B89D90AF94BCD0...

latchkey 11y ago
Two day old HN account? No, I won't be using your 'service' or clicking on your special link. If the only way to control the quality of people using your site is through special links, then your business won't be very successful.
- sanderjd 11y ago
  Why is your comment so harsh? Why did you put scare quotes around "service"? What's wrong with them providing a special invite link when people here were complaining about their closed beta? For that matter, why are people complaining about a closed beta? Seriously folks, what in the world is with the insanely uncharitable reaction here to someone launching a service targeted at developers and their employers and it being linked on HN? This is completely relevant content!
  - latchkey 11y ago
    I'm a founder and I'm a developer. I'm not only hiring people aggressively (thanks to a successful startup) but I'm also spending a lot of time coding. I spent my arguably valuable time to try out their service from both roles and my time was wasted because their service isn't usable and / or ready to be on the front page of HN. I call bullshit on the beta and the response. Nowhere in the signup process was there any sort of notification that I would have to wait to get access. Nowhere on the site does it say 'beta'. I shouldn't have to enter my information in order to find this out. If they wanted to make something special for HN readers, then look at the referrer. No need for special links.
    - sanderjd 11y ago
      Ok, so I don't really want to get in an argument with you over this and waste even more of your (and my) valuable time, but does it not say "Request an Invite" as the CTA? Isn't that pretty clear? Do you really expect everything you come across on HN to be a fully hashed out and mature product? That's not really what this site is about… There is no "ready for the front page of HN", it's just a collection of links that are meant to be interesting to "hackers". It seems pretty clear to me that this fits.

latchkey 11y ago

Two day old HN account? No, I won't be using your 'service' or clicking on your special link. If the only way to control the quality of people using your site is through special links, then your business won't be very successful.

sanderjd 11y ago
Why is your comment so harsh? Why did you put scare quotes around "service"? What's wrong with them providing a special invite link when people here were complaining about their closed beta? For that matter, why are people complaining about a closed beta? Seriously folks, what in the world is with the insanely uncharitable reaction here to someone launching a service targeted at developers and their employers and it being linked on HN? This is completely relevant content!
- latchkey 11y ago
  I'm a founder and I'm a developer. I'm not only hiring people aggressively (thanks to a successful startup) but I'm also spending a lot of time coding. I spent my arguably valuable time to try out their service from both roles and my time was wasted because their service isn't usable and / or ready to be on the front page of HN. I call bullshit on the beta and the response. Nowhere in the signup process was there any sort of notification that I would have to wait to get access. Nowhere on the site does it say 'beta'. I shouldn't have to enter my information in order to find this out. If they wanted to make something special for HN readers, then look at the referrer. No need for special links.
  - sanderjd 11y ago
    Ok, so I don't really want to get in an argument with you over this and waste even more of your (and my) valuable time, but does it not say "Request an Invite" as the CTA? Isn't that pretty clear? Do you really expect everything you come across on HN to be a fully hashed out and mature product? That's not really what this site is about… There is no "ready for the front page of HN", it's just a collection of links that are meant to be interesting to "hackers". It seems pretty clear to me that this fits.