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Ask HN: Can we persist hide YC job postings from the same company?

• dickeytk 7y ago
  As the only form of advertising that HN does—I think this is a totally acceptable trade-off to being able to use it for free.
  • toomuchtodo 7y ago
    Even if someone has decided they have no interest in pursuing a gig at a YC startup (no complaints personally, great folks, great opportunities for those interested)? Just prominently advertise https://www.workatastartup.com/ https://www.workatastartup.com/ on the HN homepage instead or give us an option to hide them in our HN profile.
    • jamiequint 7y ago
      Yes, because you're using the site for free it's not up to you.
      • toomuchtodo 7y ago
        Browser extension it is then (you can detect the job posts, as they have no discuss ability), although I would love a way to donate to mods so they can go get a fancy lunch or something like that. I love HN, I think the mods' work is super valuable, but I block ads in general (while donating cash to non-profits and paying for news sources I consume), so of course I would want to filter what I want. EDIT: I'm apparently entitled because I don't want to see job postings that I'm not interested in in my news feed. Ce la vie.
        • jamiequint 7y ago
          Kind of a dick move to be honest. You're entitled because you expect to have a free service provided to you AND expect to dictate the terms of how it's provided. Whether or not you want to pay is irrelevant, you're trying to dictate the terms and it's not your right to do so. If you don't like the terms don't use the service. It's very simple.
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          • toomuchtodo 7y ago
            I would pay for HN if there was a way to (seriously, charge me with Stripe, it'll go in the same expense category for me as Bloomberg). Never said I expected it to be free. I even Patreon someone who contributes on HN because I find their contributions valuable. EDIT: Big oof. I get it, you believe a website should get to control someone's browsing experience. My browser, my rules. No need to argue it further and pollute the thread.
          • tedivm 7y ago
            How do you feel about ad blockers?
            • paulcole 7y ago
              I don’t use them. If the ads I see are too offensive, I don’t visit the site again. If there’s a paywall and I want to get around it, I pay.
    • bcrosby95 7y ago
      They aren't that common. And are easy to ignore. It's not like they have a banner constantly taking up the top 4-5 spots. Or popups. These sorts of posts aren't even on the front page more often then not.
  • dang 7y ago
    There are also Launch HNs, which get placed on the front page, mostly when YC is in session and especially towards Demo Day, when our inbox piles up with founders handing their papers in before the deadline. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22launch%20hn%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
  • muzani 7y ago
    Sure but as with other forms of advertising, it should be relevant. There are lots of other good YC companies too.
• wizzwizz4 7y ago
  If you really want to hide it, you could write a CSS rule with the :has selector. Probably won't be too long 'till that's standardised and implemented. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:has https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:has But, as the only thing really funding Hacker News, I think unobtrusive, easy-to-identify job ads are a worthy price to pay.
  • rapnie 7y ago
    > the only thing really funding Hacker News Wouldn't YC also get value - maybe enough to fund HN - from analysing usage data (upvotes, downvotes, link clicks, maybe PII even, etc.), e.g. to perceive market trends, other topics of interest for services they provide their startup ecosystem?
    • kristianc 7y ago
      > Wouldn't YC also get value - maybe enough to fund HN - from analysing usage data (upvotes, downvotes, link clicks, maybe PII even, etc.), e.g. to perceive market trends, other topics of interest for services they provide their startup ecosystem? That kind of thing isn’t so popular around here.
      • rapnie 7y ago
        You are being ironic, I presume. When near everyone who matters in SV / IT / tech is a user on your platform, I gather there is something of interest in the data trail they leave behind.
        • kristianc 7y ago
          I mean, that argument could be used for any kind of data exhaust at all - data mining still has a massively negative reputation, particularly on HN.
          • rapnie 7y ago
• redmattred 7y ago
  Not sure why YC would build a feature to limit the audience of their job postings on a platform they own and operate
  • jacquesc 7y ago
    You could argue that it might even increase the audience if specific users can hide companies they won't be working at and as a result they'd see more job postings from other places.
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    • redmattred 7y ago
      Fair point
  • dang 7y ago
    We actually do, at least on a per-company basis: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21510998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21510998
• the_watcher 7y ago
  There's a "hide" button on every post on HN, including job posts.
  • thrower123 7y ago
    It's extra helpful on the 1st of every month. There seems to be more and more varieties of the "Who's X-ing?" posts every month. The hide button is a great way to unobtrusively clear out stuff you don't care about. One of the best features.
    • dang 7y ago
      I'm glad you like it. I was going to remove it at one point, but a two-initialed founder of this site who shall remain nameless protested strongly against that idea.
      • dickeytk 7y ago
        One thing: I push that an flag on my phone on accident all the time. Have you guys thought about a way to maybe hide it better?
• itronitron 7y ago
  I think a lot of companies post job openings as a form of advertising. I'm not saying that is what is happening here, but there always seems to be a set of companies that have the same positions listed for over a year, despite being relatively small companies.
  • rco8786 7y ago
    As anecdotal support, I used BuildZoom for a recent home build solely because I saw their job postings on HN. (The experience was just ok, but we did find a builder we love through them)
  • JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
    When I see a position that's been open for awhile (one company has popped up here on and off for what feels like ~2 years), it seems to raise a red flag. If you can't fill the position, something is off.
    • hamandcheese 7y ago
      Growth stage startups, as well as any engineering org above a certain size (a few hundred maybe?) are perpetually hiring.
• whalesalad 7y ago
  Alternatively it would be cool if comments could be open on job posts so that folks who've had experience applying, interviewing or working at the company can leave notes for others.
  • ianai 7y ago
    Cool idea but highly unlikely to go anywhere constructive. Lots of anon accounts at the least. I’d like it, but it’s doubtful.
• badrequest 7y ago
  The funny thing is, I've noticed these too, and all I come away with is the impression that nobody wants to work for ZeroCater. I can't imagine that impression bodes well on recruiting.
  • pmiller2 7y ago
    If you have LinkedIn Premium, you can see they've grown from 188 to 248 employees in the past year. Of those, 8 have been engineers. Overall, it looks like they have about 57 engineers in total now.
    • toomuchtodo 7y ago
      How many people have left in that period of time? Churn is a valuable metric.
      • pmiller2 7y ago
        It doesn't say, but their average tenure is listed as 1.5 years.
• dang 7y ago
  The job ads are already staggered so that a company's ad can't appear on the front page until it has fallen off https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs. That's why you're seeing a week or two elapse between any of those posts.