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This reminds me of the (indie game dev oriented) I Need A Team: https://www.reddit.com/r/INAT/ https://www.reddit.com/r/INAT/ In the last few months it seems l
by cdata 6y ago
This reminds me of the (indie game dev oriented) I Need A Team: https://www.reddit.com/r/INAT/ https://www.reddit.com/r/INAT/
In the last few months it seems like there have been a number of these targeted forums that might otherwise have been sub-sections of a larger site like Reddit. I can't escape the feeling that these could potentially turn into a sort of honey pot that will land my email address in the hands of a recruiting business or other advertiser. There is a lot of value to be derived from collecting an audience of skilled workers in a single discussion venue with ambiguous privacy rules.
I guess the barrier to leaving a known quantity like Reddit and signing up for a mom-and-pop forum like this feels a lot higher than it used to. I need to know more about who is running it, what their goals and roadmap are, and have some data to help me reason about the trade-offs of moving discussions there.
- ta999999171 6y agoNot trying to be inflammatory: I'd sooner trust a random person off the street than reddit, at this point, and am genuinely baffled how you arrived at your emotional conclusion.
- aragvel 6y agoHi. Thanks for commenting. I am a senior at Tufts University, studying computer science. You bring up a great point about privacy but I created the website out of my love for building products. I hate the LinkedIn recruiter spam as much as anybody.
- Nzen 6y agoSee also reddit programming buddies [0], though it's usually beginners [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingBuddies/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingBuddies/