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I think the original article is ok, since it is generally interesting (news about Thunderbird, opens discussion about Thunderbird, Mozilla, their technologies)
by asmosoinio 9y ago
I think the original article is ok, since it is generally interesting (news about Thunderbird, opens discussion about Thunderbird, Mozilla, their technologies) and not just a job ad.
I don't know of a rule against job ads in general. I would guess generally such would be mostly just not interesting.
YC company job listings are a special case though, they appear on the front page without voting possibility. This had been the case since the beginning of HN.
- jordigh 9y agoWell, the Mailpile job ad also says that they're trying to make it easier to install on Windows and macOS and that they got the funds from the bitcoin fluctuations. It's also not "just" a job ad. Mailpile is interesting because it's trying to give a convenient frontend for encryption. Maybe if encryption had a better UI, more email would be encrypted.
- gus_massa 9y agoJobs post are not allowed. From the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > Can I post a job ad? > Please don't post job ads as submissions to HN. > A regular "Who Is Hiring?" thread appears on the first weekday of each month. Most job ads are welcome there. [...] > The other kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. [...] But IMHO this is an special case that deserve an exception. (Usually following the rules the 100% of the time blindly is not optimal.) This is a very big/popular project, and it is the first hire, so the are changing the internal organization of the developers. (The #87 hire will not be interesting.)
- asmosoinio 9y agoThanks - I was obviously too lazy to check our the FAQ.