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How are filled/cancelled jobs handled? What is the planned intention for an upvote? Is it (1)I'm interested, (2)I applied, or (3) just keeping it ambiguous fo
by charlief 15y ago
How are filled/cancelled jobs handled?
What is the planned intention for an upvote? Is it (1)I'm interested, (2)I applied, or (3) just keeping it ambiguous for now/undecided.
How are you finding/tweaking the ranking function? Most posters will probably not try to game significant support, but could for an additional one or two votes to gain a relative advantage. I imagine potential applicants will scan the whole list anyways, but did you consider a solely time-based ranking with no voting -- what HN seems to do for YC job postings currently?
EDIT: For example, I noticed someone submitted < 1 minute ago with a default score of 1. The posting, although submitted most recent, is ranked last and is on the second page.
Also, there are a couple times where a single company is posting separately for each position instead of consolidating to one thread. Is there any concern about a top-tier tech company owning most of the first page with many different postings? My apologies if these questions are a little premature -- perhaps we need a "Feature Requests" thread.
- pchristensen 15y agoThese are all really good, useful questions. Charlief, can I get your feedback the next time I launch something?
- charlief 15y agoAbsolutely. I love digging and brainstorming, although I am sure there are many people who are much more experienced/talented on http://hnofficehours.com http://hnofficehours.com
- ecaron 15y agoAs far as handling filled positions, I think only direct links to job openings should be allowed and the posts should go down when the provided URL 404s. As far as upvoting is concerned, I don't think it should be allowed. Promoting a job is only a useful task to the person hiring for the position, and helpful people who aren't applying for jobs. It would actually be in the applicants best interest to downvote jobs they find interesting, because that would lead to fewer applicants to said job.