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What am I missing? How is this not just an advertisement? I don't see how this is sparking the intellectual curiosity of hackers. edit: Of course; mad downvote

What am I missing? How is this not just an advertisement? I don't see how this is sparking the intellectual curiosity of hackers. edit: Of course; mad downvotes and no explanation. Classic Hacker News.

jamiequint 15y ago
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did."
- prophetjohn 15y ago
  Seems like I was asking what was special about this under the assumption that I was missing something. As evidenced by the words in my post. Considering that employment ads generally don't make the front page of HN, I assumed that I was missing something. You're saying that I'm wrong?
  - jedberg 15y ago
    It's a follow up to a story earlier, and an example for CEOs of other startups as to how to handle a layoff well. I believe that is why it is relevant.
  - deleted 15y ago
    [deleted]
jimminy 15y ago
He's promoting the team he had to let go. Maybe it's an advertisement, but he's not going to make anything off of it, besides fostering good will. It's a respectable move, that doesn't seem all that common.
pbreit 15y ago
This was the continuation of a minor news story. If it looked odd to you, perhaps you could have looked it up before posting lamely.
Terretta 15y ago
If it's classic HackerNews, what are you complaining for? I thought the problem was that HackerNews getting less and less like it was in the old days...
- prophetjohn 15y ago
  As long as I've been visiting here, the herd mentality has been fairly common, at least in certain cases. If you say something challenging the majority, it's pretty likely that once you get the first couple downvotes, the rest will continue to downvote, also. As an example, I'm at about -10 so far for asking why a post, which I can only assume is from the CEO of a popular startup, is actually interesting. Obviously, I missed some other post in the last few days that provides context, which is apparently more of an egregious crime than I anticipated. I stand by comment, though.

jamiequint 15y ago

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did."

prophetjohn 15y ago
Seems like I was asking what was special about this under the assumption that I was missing something. As evidenced by the words in my post. Considering that employment ads generally don't make the front page of HN, I assumed that I was missing something. You're saying that I'm wrong?
- jedberg 15y ago
  It's a follow up to a story earlier, and an example for CEOs of other startups as to how to handle a layoff well. I believe that is why it is relevant.
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]

jimminy 15y ago

He's promoting the team he had to let go. Maybe it's an advertisement, but he's not going to make anything off of it, besides fostering good will. It's a respectable move, that doesn't seem all that common.

pbreit 15y ago

This was the continuation of a minor news story. If it looked odd to you, perhaps you could have looked it up before posting lamely.

Terretta 15y ago

If it's classic HackerNews, what are you complaining for? I thought the problem was that HackerNews getting less and less like it was in the old days...

prophetjohn 15y ago
As long as I've been visiting here, the herd mentality has been fairly common, at least in certain cases. If you say something challenging the majority, it's pretty likely that once you get the first couple downvotes, the rest will continue to downvote, also. As an example, I'm at about -10 so far for asking why a post, which I can only assume is from the CEO of a popular startup, is actually interesting. Obviously, I missed some other post in the last few days that provides context, which is apparently more of an egregious crime than I anticipated. I stand by comment, though.