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This really bothers me, but I can’t exactly tell why. If what people do on their own time doesn’t affect job performance, what’s the point of filtering by rand

by webo 7y ago

This really bothers me, but I can’t exactly tell why. If what people do on their own time doesn’t affect job performance, what’s the point of filtering by random criteria? Almost like disqualify based on a hobby or political/religious views. Social media is just like another skill. You can use it to your advantage or abuse it.

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
people who use social media will be less creative, have higher levels of anxiety and lower attention spans. Speaking for myself only, also noticed my levels of empathy towards others are also directly related to how much time I spend online and how much and what[1] I consume (and whatever headline has riled me up). [1] It's easy to say "just avoid toxic content" when the majority of content (on social media is toxic).
geoah 7y ago
This bothers me too. I don't like social media, and I do agree that they might be affecting people's careers and personal lives to some extend, but I wouldn't like to work in a company that creates such a tight bubble around such a very specifc topic. I would also expect that a company that does "email campaigns with high conversions achieved through dynamic content such as images" would benefit from having people who at least understand social media which I assume is a large part of their user base.
basch 7y ago
It's literally an email marketing company. Email is an og social media. They are posting their listing on hn, a forum, another og social media. I just dont get this mentality that treats Facebook/twitter as a different class of technology than email, rss, reddit, irc, and AIM/MSN/ICQ. Their difference is in degree not kind. Facebook is email/aim+wordpress/blogger. It's rss with a type of sharing+popularity-detector. The counter argument being, they arent filtering by people who dont use social media, as much as conducting a social experiment asking people TO quit social media if they are hired. I think its well within their right to build a culture of people with a mindset, and filter for people who live the message they are trying to propagate and/or are willing to forego "social media" as a participant in an exercise.
- me_me_me 7y ago
  feel the same maybe it should be changed to: > We are hiring engineering interns who don't use facebook or tweeter and only occasionally instagram
- threatofrain 7y ago
  A lot of people don't use email as social media anymore, though, but rather mostly one-way communication with big entities like your bank, many of which aren't expected to reply back. As this is a marketing company, they may also have the distinction that social media marketing generally involves having people socially convince you that something is good; but email is not a good forum for that.

by webo 7y ago

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago

people who use social media will be less creative, have higher levels of anxiety and lower attention spans. Speaking for myself only, also noticed my levels of empathy towards others are also directly related to how much time I spend online and how much and what[1] I consume (and whatever headline has riled me up). [1] It's easy to say "just avoid toxic content" when the majority of content (on social media is toxic).

geoah 7y ago

This bothers me too. I don't like social media, and I do agree that they might be affecting people's careers and personal lives to some extend, but I wouldn't like to work in a company that creates such a tight bubble around such a very specifc topic. I would also expect that a company that does "email campaigns with high conversions achieved through dynamic content such as images" would benefit from having people who at least understand social media which I assume is a large part of their user base.

basch 7y ago

It's literally an email marketing company. Email is an og social media. They are posting their listing on hn, a forum, another og social media. I just dont get this mentality that treats Facebook/twitter as a different class of technology than email, rss, reddit, irc, and AIM/MSN/ICQ. Their difference is in degree not kind. Facebook is email/aim+wordpress/blogger. It's rss with a type of sharing+popularity-detector. The counter argument being, they arent filtering by people who dont use social media, as much as conducting a social experiment asking people TO quit social media if they are hired. I think its well within their right to build a culture of people with a mindset, and filter for people who live the message they are trying to propagate and/or are willing to forego "social media" as a participant in an exercise.

me_me_me 7y ago
feel the same maybe it should be changed to: > We are hiring engineering interns who don't use facebook or tweeter and only occasionally instagram
threatofrain 7y ago
A lot of people don't use email as social media anymore, though, but rather mostly one-way communication with big entities like your bank, many of which aren't expected to reply back. As this is a marketing company, they may also have the distinction that social media marketing generally involves having people socially convince you that something is good; but email is not a good forum for that.