As others have posted, the CEO replied to the reddit mob: > This is the CEO. We actually launched just to get feedback and clearly the feedback was not positiv

As others have posted, the CEO replied to the reddit mob: > This is the CEO. We actually launched just to get feedback and clearly the feedback was not positive, so we are definitely going to talk to a lot more people before moving forward. We really were not aiming for something discriminatory and actually had long discussions about it with quite a few people, but we didn't get close to the right outcome, so we will talk to a lot more people before moving ahead. > Thanks for the feedback. He had ~-1000 points when I checked (I dont know how voting on reddit works) I'd like to think there would be some respect for the attempt, apparent failure, and explanation - this is exactly what should be happening as companies take risks and try to build something valuable. Reverting to feigned indignation that someone could even propose a new way of hiring is not helpful. Like i said in my other post, I think it's a bad idea too. That's no reason to act like they're committing a major transgression.