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I care nothing for stripe, but wasn't it only that one guy who told HN about it a few days ago? Now it's "Stripe applicants"? What kind of journalism is this.

I care nothing for stripe, but wasn't it only that one guy who told HN about it a few days ago? Now it's "Stripe applicants"? What kind of journalism is this. edit: the actual article changed the original click-baity title

detaro 5y ago
... journalism that talks to multiple people instead of relying on a single public case?
- yessirwhatever 5y ago
  The "multiple people" are two, only one being with enough details in public. This does not justify a title such as "Stripe applicants say ...". I'm all for accountability and messing with keeping big tech under constant skepticism and check, but this smells like a coordinated hit piece. I wonder what's going on or who's pissed off at stripe and trying to show it.
  - the-dude 5y ago
    > This does not justify a title such as "Stripe applicants say ...". So what is the number that would justify that title? I'd wager you would disagree with 3 as well. So how many does it take according to you?
    - yessirwhatever 5y ago
      It's a bad and clickbaity phrasing. Instead of asking how many it takes to say "Stripe applicants etc..", you can instead just write the truth: "Two stripe applicants..." for example, a little more and you say "few", and so on... Actual words can be used to avoid misconceptions. But prevarication and omitting facts is not good for clickbaiting people though.
      - ziddoap 5y ago
        >But prevarication Sort of ironic, given your evasive maneuvering around the question posed by the other commenter. >omitting facts I might have missed it, but which facts were ommitted?
      - the-dude 5y ago
        > Actual words can be used to avoid misconceptions Yes, this is why I asked you how many it would take. But you are avoiding answering this question of definition. Apparently for you it is 'not two'. So how many would it take?
  - WesolyKubeczek 5y ago
    I dare say that even two are two too many.
    - yessirwhatever 5y ago
      That's a non sequitur. No one is arguing that 2 is little or ok. Just tell the truth in the title and don't click bait people.
bkirkby 5y ago
not to be too critical, but you should read the article before commenting on the content of the article. to be clear, they spoke to two people who had offers rescinded and a former recruiter at Stripe who talked about general turmoil in the hiring process.

detaro 5y ago

... journalism that talks to multiple people instead of relying on a single public case?

yessirwhatever 5y ago
The "multiple people" are two, only one being with enough details in public. This does not justify a title such as "Stripe applicants say ...". I'm all for accountability and messing with keeping big tech under constant skepticism and check, but this smells like a coordinated hit piece. I wonder what's going on or who's pissed off at stripe and trying to show it.
- the-dude 5y ago
  > This does not justify a title such as "Stripe applicants say ...". So what is the number that would justify that title? I'd wager you would disagree with 3 as well. So how many does it take according to you?
  - yessirwhatever 5y ago
    It's a bad and clickbaity phrasing. Instead of asking how many it takes to say "Stripe applicants etc..", you can instead just write the truth: "Two stripe applicants..." for example, a little more and you say "few", and so on... Actual words can be used to avoid misconceptions. But prevarication and omitting facts is not good for clickbaiting people though.
    - ziddoap 5y ago
      >But prevarication Sort of ironic, given your evasive maneuvering around the question posed by the other commenter. >omitting facts I might have missed it, but which facts were ommitted?
    - the-dude 5y ago
      > Actual words can be used to avoid misconceptions Yes, this is why I asked you how many it would take. But you are avoiding answering this question of definition. Apparently for you it is 'not two'. So how many would it take?
- WesolyKubeczek 5y ago
  I dare say that even two are two too many.
  - yessirwhatever 5y ago
    That's a non sequitur. No one is arguing that 2 is little or ok. Just tell the truth in the title and don't click bait people.

bkirkby 5y ago

not to be too critical, but you should read the article before commenting on the content of the article. to be clear, they spoke to two people who had offers rescinded and a former recruiter at Stripe who talked about general turmoil in the hiring process.