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Well, actually, it's not "ad-free". There are fairly regular job ads for YCombinator companies on the home page.

• dredmorbius 4y ago
  But: 1. Not within articles or threads. Contrast, say, the Washington Post which is currently inserting ... four ... ad placements per story ... and that's just within the text of a story itself. That excludes other interstitial nags ("see also" which are often very thinly-related if at all items), sign-ups, pop-ups, etc. (I'd recalled this being higher, four is still a few too many, but less than I'd thought.) And it's not just the ads themselves, but the motivations created around them for clickbait, sensationalism, etc., etc. Contextually-appropriate service-oriented (e.g., jobs) notices ... seem a highly reasonable option. Note too that HN also runs a free "who's hiring" and "who wants to be hired" thread monthly.
  • rchaud 4y ago
    There is plenty of sensationalism in the comments, when the topics are similar to those that newspapers would discuss. Take for example the recent spate of techco layoffs. I think you'll find the discussion is not nearly as polite and detached as those on regular nerd stuff would be (Rust, React, Static Site Generators etc).
    • dredmorbius 4y ago
      True. Though I make liberal use of the "collapse" toggle, and try to prioritise original content over comments (not entirely successfully, I'll admit).
• dang 4y ago
  Ok, I've squeezed an 'almost' in the title above. I suppose that's not strictly accurate either but I don't want to spoil the OP's sentiment too much.