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The job postings would be more interesting if discussion was allowed on them.

baron816 9y ago
I'm sure they're afraid that people will bash certain companies in them. But I'd like that too. They should let the company moderate the discussion in those posts. I don't care if they're highly censored, I think there would be a lot of value to being able to ask the company questions about the roles.
- munchor 9y ago
  I actually think companies would get positive and negative feedback on their job postings which would mean that future postings would be better. The company will always win. No need to be afraid of bashing IMHO.
  - grovegames 9y ago
    And it would help the applicants, if the bashing is justified.
    - bbrian 9y ago
      I would feel morally obliged to warn people against working in the YC company I spent a few months with.
      - TeMPOraL 9y ago
        Don't you feel morally obliged to mention it here by name, then?
- eps 9y ago
  I seriously doubt that they are afraid of negativity. It's just that public comments on these posts would serve no tangible purpose for the companies.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
  >They should let the company moderate the discussion in those posts. I don't care if they're highly censored, I think there would be a lot of value to being able to ask the company questions about the roles. Ew no. The illusion that a company is good is way more harmful than just disallowing comments in the first place.
  - icpmacdo 9y ago
    Maybe just a toggle to have them on or off then?
- tomc1985 9y ago
  It's struck me as somewhat suspicious that hiring posts disallow comments so conspicuously.
  - maxerickson 9y ago
    It's in the faq: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- look_lookatme 9y ago
  It only takes one Genius thread to ruin everything.
- maxerickson 9y ago
  Letting the companies moderate the threads would be just an incredible drama factory. Not necessarily from anything the companies were doing...
zck 9y ago
At one point, I believe it was said that one reason discussion isn't allowed is so that stealth companies hiring aren't outed in the comments.
- rjbrock 9y ago
  I think adding a "We are stealth, dont allow comments" option would be good then
rubidium 9y ago
They'd be more interesting if they weren't so cookie-cutter. "Help us disrupt the X industry". "Passionate about [insert particular software thingy], so are we".
zitterbewegung 9y ago
The job postings are basically ads due to the fact that YCombinator runs the site for free. Considering how often someone posts a comment that is mean spirited and possibly even wrong which gets to the top I don't think that allowing for discussion would help at all.
tptacek 9y ago
Unlike everything else on the front page of HN, job posting are not there to be "interesting". Before the current system, when people could comment on them, "interesting" quickly became a problem.

I'm sure they're afraid that people will bash certain companies in them. But I'd like that too. They should let the company moderate the discussion in those posts. I don't care if they're highly censored, I think there would be a lot of value to being able to ask the company questions about the roles.

munchor 9y ago
I actually think companies would get positive and negative feedback on their job postings which would mean that future postings would be better. The company will always win. No need to be afraid of bashing IMHO.
- grovegames 9y ago
  And it would help the applicants, if the bashing is justified.
  - bbrian 9y ago
    I would feel morally obliged to warn people against working in the YC company I spent a few months with.
    - TeMPOraL 9y ago
      Don't you feel morally obliged to mention it here by name, then?
eps 9y ago
I seriously doubt that they are afraid of negativity. It's just that public comments on these posts would serve no tangible purpose for the companies.
frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
>They should let the company moderate the discussion in those posts. I don't care if they're highly censored, I think there would be a lot of value to being able to ask the company questions about the roles. Ew no. The illusion that a company is good is way more harmful than just disallowing comments in the first place.
- icpmacdo 9y ago
  Maybe just a toggle to have them on or off then?
tomc1985 9y ago
It's struck me as somewhat suspicious that hiring posts disallow comments so conspicuously.
- maxerickson 9y ago
  It's in the faq: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
look_lookatme 9y ago
It only takes one Genius thread to ruin everything.
maxerickson 9y ago
Letting the companies moderate the threads would be just an incredible drama factory. Not necessarily from anything the companies were doing...

zck 9y ago

At one point, I believe it was said that one reason discussion isn't allowed is so that stealth companies hiring aren't outed in the comments.

rjbrock 9y ago
I think adding a "We are stealth, dont allow comments" option would be good then

rubidium 9y ago

They'd be more interesting if they weren't so cookie-cutter. "Help us disrupt the X industry". "Passionate about [insert particular software thingy], so are we".

zitterbewegung 9y ago

The job postings are basically ads due to the fact that YCombinator runs the site for free. Considering how often someone posts a comment that is mean spirited and possibly even wrong which gets to the top I don't think that allowing for discussion would help at all.

tptacek 9y ago

Unlike everything else on the front page of HN, job posting are not there to be "interesting". Before the current system, when people could comment on them, "interesting" quickly became a problem.