Five years ago I tried out Triplebyte was a HN reader and I tried it out. I got to the point where they would contact me but instead the rules and criteria cha

Five years ago I tried out Triplebyte was a HN reader and I tried it out. I got to the point where they would contact me but instead the rules and criteria changed so that I wasn't eligible. I then forgot about the site. A year or two after I think I tried Triplebyte again but then my account was in some weird state. After complaining on an HN thread about Triplebyte my account was restored. I didn't take the site really seriously at all. While browsing reddit I used to see constant Triplebyte ads. I think I saw them dry up at this point and that seems to conform to current economic conditions. Now fast forward to this year and I deleted my account after this public profile idea was announced on a Friday. the whole point about having public profiles is probably a way for Triplebyte to get seen by more people and get some kind of network effect going on since they are in dire straights. The response that Triplebyte has done is quite admirable in that they aren't launching the feature. Launching on a Friday when people also think that you are trying to bury the story or people won't notice is something to regard. The thing I don't see anything really different between these new startups attempting to disrupt existing staffing companies. My current job which I am very happy about I got from a staffing agency after going through hundreds of recruiters contacting me.