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Blind is a good idea for a site but it is just so much worse than reddit for actually having discussions. Also pretty toxic community.

nine_zeros 3y ago
It's not a good community for discussions. It is a great community to find inside scoop on companies - which unfortunately leans towards toxicity because companies often secretly have toxic policies.
- jkubicek 3y ago
  Blind is all toxic. My former company had some good parts and bad parts, but the conversation on Blind was 100% negative. If I were trying to get a sense of what working at a company was really like, Blind would not be a great place to go. It was a great place to vent, though.
  - gascoigne 3y ago
    It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. The silent majority that's there for the subconsciously gets affected by the toxicity though.
    - tivert 3y ago
      > It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. In my experience, product ratings are not at all like that. Tons of people who like stuff leave positive reviews, and frequently leave evidence they have low standards or are not good at evaluating quality.
  - nine_zeros 3y ago
    It's not a fair review place. But it is an honest review place wherein no one tries to paper over reality. Turns out, reality is toxic.
  - batshit_beaver 3y ago
    Is there a better place to get that scoop on company internals than Blind, though? Besides having friends at every tech company in existence.
  - epups 3y ago
    I can read all the good stories on Glassdoor. Hell, most of them I think are likely fake. I see much more value in learning about the ugly side of a company, even if I know this is unbalanced.
carabiner 3y ago
> pretty toxic community This is immaterial when every community (Reddit, HN, twitter, fb groups, blind) calls each other "toxic." Spidermen_pointing.jpeg. Blind is by far the best for tech career advice. Toxic advice for a toxic world.
- idkyall 3y ago
  Anonymity can be both a good and bad thing. I think people are more willing to share their real thoughts in an anonymous Blind discussion than on somewhere like Glassdoor. The downside is the relentless trolling and focus on TC.
perfectstorm 3y ago
+1. it's a toxic community and don't believe anything that's said on Blind. Glassdoor recently released their version of conversations called 'Bowls' and it's much better. less anonymous and more user friendly/meaningful conversations.
dosethree 3y ago
This website looks like they copied glassdoor's looks right down to the CCS. Looks like a fake website

nine_zeros 3y ago

It's not a good community for discussions. It is a great community to find inside scoop on companies - which unfortunately leans towards toxicity because companies often secretly have toxic policies.

jkubicek 3y ago
Blind is all toxic. My former company had some good parts and bad parts, but the conversation on Blind was 100% negative. If I were trying to get a sense of what working at a company was really like, Blind would not be a great place to go. It was a great place to vent, though.
- gascoigne 3y ago
  It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. The silent majority that's there for the subconsciously gets affected by the toxicity though.
  - tivert 3y ago
    > It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. In my experience, product ratings are not at all like that. Tons of people who like stuff leave positive reviews, and frequently leave evidence they have low standards or are not good at evaluating quality.
- nine_zeros 3y ago
  It's not a fair review place. But it is an honest review place wherein no one tries to paper over reality. Turns out, reality is toxic.
- batshit_beaver 3y ago
  Is there a better place to get that scoop on company internals than Blind, though? Besides having friends at every tech company in existence.
- epups 3y ago
  I can read all the good stories on Glassdoor. Hell, most of them I think are likely fake. I see much more value in learning about the ugly side of a company, even if I know this is unbalanced.

carabiner 3y ago

> pretty toxic community This is immaterial when every community (Reddit, HN, twitter, fb groups, blind) calls each other "toxic." Spidermen_pointing.jpeg. Blind is by far the best for tech career advice. Toxic advice for a toxic world.

idkyall 3y ago
Anonymity can be both a good and bad thing. I think people are more willing to share their real thoughts in an anonymous Blind discussion than on somewhere like Glassdoor. The downside is the relentless trolling and focus on TC.

perfectstorm 3y ago

+1. it's a toxic community and don't believe anything that's said on Blind. Glassdoor recently released their version of conversations called 'Bowls' and it's much better. less anonymous and more user friendly/meaningful conversations.

dosethree 3y ago

This website looks like they copied glassdoor's looks right down to the CCS. Looks like a fake website