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I like the idea but I don't see how being Javascript free is a good value proposition here. If I'm looking to hire or find additional information on a person, t

I like the idea but I don't see how being Javascript free is a good value proposition here. If I'm looking to hire or find additional information on a person, the way the page is implemented won't be important to me (especially if Im outside of the tech industry).

mcny 6y ago
Personally, I think no JavaScript means no third party tracking. Also requiring a .edu email is a good start.
- SahAssar 6y ago
  Why would you want to require a .edu? Seems like it closes it off to a lot of people (especially globally, but also within the US).
  - foepys 6y ago
    Sounds a bit like elitism. It asumes that people with .edu addresses are somehow better as first users. GP maybe has Facebook in mind that did exactly this.
    - SahAssar 6y ago
      That was when facebook was meant as an internal platform for colleges though, I don't understand why a platform for hosting bios/resumes publicly would want/need that restriction.
- flavor8 6y ago
  > Also requiring a .edu email is a good start. Not really, unless the intent is to discriminate against immigrants to the US / people outside the US / people who went straight into a career from high school.
  - LadyCailin 6y ago
    I did go to college, but that was a decade ago, and I no longer have an edu address.
  - mbreese 6y ago
    It looks like the service is targeted at students (US based) and academic researchers. If this is the case, the the email filter makes sense... especially for a launch. It’s not perfect, but a good start. Why assume nefarious motivations?
    - mikro2nd 6y ago
      Not necessarily nefarious, just myopic.
- fulafel 6y ago
  3rd party tracking works fine without JS.
  - harlanji 6y ago
    Early in my career I made an access log analyzer, 2005ish. I never browsed the web normally after that. That’d be a good primer exercise for people learning to code, with lessons beyond coding in itself.
lloydatkinson 6y ago
Anywhere else and I’d agree but this is hacker news where the hive mind has decided otherwise.
ozim 6y ago
I am not saying this is bad to have no javascript, but it seems like just marketing targeted at contrarians.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  Am I a contrarian for wanting to control what runs on my machine? If so, why?

mcny 6y ago

Personally, I think no JavaScript means no third party tracking. Also requiring a .edu email is a good start.

SahAssar 6y ago
Why would you want to require a .edu? Seems like it closes it off to a lot of people (especially globally, but also within the US).
- foepys 6y ago
  Sounds a bit like elitism. It asumes that people with .edu addresses are somehow better as first users. GP maybe has Facebook in mind that did exactly this.
  - SahAssar 6y ago
    That was when facebook was meant as an internal platform for colleges though, I don't understand why a platform for hosting bios/resumes publicly would want/need that restriction.
flavor8 6y ago
> Also requiring a .edu email is a good start. Not really, unless the intent is to discriminate against immigrants to the US / people outside the US / people who went straight into a career from high school.
- LadyCailin 6y ago
  I did go to college, but that was a decade ago, and I no longer have an edu address.
- mbreese 6y ago
  It looks like the service is targeted at students (US based) and academic researchers. If this is the case, the the email filter makes sense... especially for a launch. It’s not perfect, but a good start. Why assume nefarious motivations?
  - mikro2nd 6y ago
    Not necessarily nefarious, just myopic.
fulafel 6y ago
3rd party tracking works fine without JS.
- harlanji 6y ago
  Early in my career I made an access log analyzer, 2005ish. I never browsed the web normally after that. That’d be a good primer exercise for people learning to code, with lessons beyond coding in itself.

lloydatkinson 6y ago

Anywhere else and I’d agree but this is hacker news where the hive mind has decided otherwise.

ozim 6y ago

I am not saying this is bad to have no javascript, but it seems like just marketing targeted at contrarians.

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
Am I a contrarian for wanting to control what runs on my machine? If so, why?