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I feel like they didn't cover one of the massive losses of confidence in TripleByte, which was when they opened up their database of candidates and did not real
by cbanek 2y ago
I feel like they didn't cover one of the massive losses of confidence in TripleByte, which was when they opened up their database of candidates and did not really warn people ahead of time. I'm struggling to remember all the details, but I feel this happened a few years ago and really pissed off the HN community and a lot of people scrambled to hide the fact they screened with TripleByte. I feel like as an outside user this was the nail in the coffin. The dark patterns just took over.
- wging 2y agoIt's not covered extensively in the article, but it was alluded to at one point via the phrase "pissed them off with anti-privacy decisions". (In context, 'them' refers to the engineering side of Triplebyte's user base.)
- jimberlage 2y agoAnti-privacy can mean "we accidentally leaked that you visited facebook.com on Nov 15" or "we allowed your employer to see that you're actively job hunting." I mean technically the same term is OK to use for both, but it does feel like it's burying the lede.
- rachofsunshine 2y agoSee [1] for more on that (to avoid duplicating threads). [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40635518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40635518
- geoelectric 2y agoI felt that was an odd omission in the article. Maybe it didn’t have a huge market impact outside the local crowd, but it was a big deal then. I seem to remember the CEO posting in the threads apologizing, etc.