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[stub for offtopicness] (as gus_massa pointed out, it's a no-no on HN to do voting rings or have booster comments - this is in both the guidelines https://new

by dang 1y ago

[stub for offtopicness] (as gus_massa pointed out, it's a no-no on HN to do voting rings or have booster comments - this is in both the guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and the FAQ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html but we do know that in many cases it's unintentional)

ionutvisan 1y ago
I truly appreciate the platform’s design and the logical flow - it feels intuitive and visually pleasant. I also like how the interaction with the company and the role you’re applying for is presented more clearly. The wide range of filters, combined with the option to further personalize with Nell, also gives you extra confidence that all your considerations are being taken into account. Overall, it looks very solid for the stage you’ve reached.
- tompccs 1y ago
  Thank you for your kind words!
Jay6742319 1y ago
Love this approach, the founders really put a lot of time and effort into figuring out what us as users want. Job hunting is a serious chore and having good filtering and UI really matters in such a diverse industry, big love for the platform!
gus_massa 1y ago
From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Don't solicit upvotes, comments, or submissions. Users should vote and comment when they run across something they personally find interesting—not for promotion.
fxnel 1y ago
A great approach as both applicants and companies are now surrounded by lot of noise. Specially it can be a unique opportunity for early stage startups to present themselves and have a share from the applicant pool.
tamoyo 1y ago
I enjoyed using the platform. It's really simple to use, and I really love how it allowed me to easily find jobs in industries that I'm interested in. Plus, the cofounders are very friendly and always willing to help
Hungryfeeling 1y ago
Its great to find potential startups to join, espacially with the matching function. does my profile also get recommanded to startups?
- tompccs 1y ago
  We are currently building out the portal for startups to find Teeming members. In the meantime we manually connect members to startups when they click "I'm Perfect for this" or "Nudge Founder"
huflungdung 1y ago
No ban hammer execution for the clear number of sockpuppet accounts promoting this?
- dang 1y ago
  No. But your question is both a good and an understandable one, so I'll try to explain. It's against HN's rules to do promotional voting and/or commenting. We want voting and discussion to happen because people are randomly curious—not because they or a friend have something to promote. This is in both the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) and the FAQ (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). However, there are different degrees of breaking this rule. For simplicity, I'll call them A and B. There are more than two of these categories, but let's keep it simple. Degree A: OP is clueless about the culture and rules of HN. Out of enthusiasm, they tell their friends (or project community) "hey, I posted <link> to Hacker News". Friends are even more clueless but want to help OP so they come to HN and and create new accounts to upvote and post things like "Wow this is really cool! I think this is really cool! Woo hoo OP!!" Degree B: OP knows perfectly well that HN doesn't allow voting rings or booster comments, but want some sweet sweet frontpage juice for their thing. So they organize and make a bunch of accounts (or co-ordinate a bunch of existing ones) to upvote and/or comment but also hide their tracks. A is naive. B is abusive. A is venial. B is cardinal. A = misdemeanor, B = felony. A means well, but is hapless and obvious. B knows what they're doing and think they can get away with it. A is the juvenile delinquent that responds to kindness and explanation. B is the hardened criminal that learns nothing but to game the system better next time. B is an obvious ban. A, maybe not. If their work is good and they seem like they (and their friends) might become good community members with enough guidance, then they're welcome—even though the rules are the rules. Going lenient on A would be a bad idea if HN were vulnerable to naive voting rings; but we've been writing software for many years to catch those. The A cases are so naive that after a few years we realized that we were better off going easy on them. They're not the abusers we need to worry about! and often they turn into good citizens.
tompccs 1y ago
Hi dang, I'm the OP and a longtime user of HN so I appreciate your fair-handedness on this. We have a small circle of enthusiastic early-users and we made them aware of our 'debut' without explicitly soliciting votes or comments.

by dang 1y ago

ionutvisan 1y ago

I truly appreciate the platform’s design and the logical flow - it feels intuitive and visually pleasant. I also like how the interaction with the company and the role you’re applying for is presented more clearly. The wide range of filters, combined with the option to further personalize with Nell, also gives you extra confidence that all your considerations are being taken into account. Overall, it looks very solid for the stage you’ve reached.

tompccs 1y ago
Thank you for your kind words!

Jay6742319 1y ago

Love this approach, the founders really put a lot of time and effort into figuring out what us as users want. Job hunting is a serious chore and having good filtering and UI really matters in such a diverse industry, big love for the platform!

gus_massa 1y ago

From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Don't solicit upvotes, comments, or submissions. Users should vote and comment when they run across something they personally find interesting—not for promotion.

fxnel 1y ago

A great approach as both applicants and companies are now surrounded by lot of noise. Specially it can be a unique opportunity for early stage startups to present themselves and have a share from the applicant pool.

tamoyo 1y ago

I enjoyed using the platform. It's really simple to use, and I really love how it allowed me to easily find jobs in industries that I'm interested in. Plus, the cofounders are very friendly and always willing to help

Hungryfeeling 1y ago

Its great to find potential startups to join, espacially with the matching function. does my profile also get recommanded to startups?

tompccs 1y ago
We are currently building out the portal for startups to find Teeming members. In the meantime we manually connect members to startups when they click "I'm Perfect for this" or "Nudge Founder"

huflungdung 1y ago

No ban hammer execution for the clear number of sockpuppet accounts promoting this?

dang 1y ago
No. But your question is both a good and an understandable one, so I'll try to explain. It's against HN's rules to do promotional voting and/or commenting. We want voting and discussion to happen because people are randomly curious—not because they or a friend have something to promote. This is in both the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) and the FAQ (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). However, there are different degrees of breaking this rule. For simplicity, I'll call them A and B. There are more than two of these categories, but let's keep it simple. Degree A: OP is clueless about the culture and rules of HN. Out of enthusiasm, they tell their friends (or project community) "hey, I posted <link> to Hacker News". Friends are even more clueless but want to help OP so they come to HN and and create new accounts to upvote and post things like "Wow this is really cool! I think this is really cool! Woo hoo OP!!" Degree B: OP knows perfectly well that HN doesn't allow voting rings or booster comments, but want some sweet sweet frontpage juice for their thing. So they organize and make a bunch of accounts (or co-ordinate a bunch of existing ones) to upvote and/or comment but also hide their tracks. A is naive. B is abusive. A is venial. B is cardinal. A = misdemeanor, B = felony. A means well, but is hapless and obvious. B knows what they're doing and think they can get away with it. A is the juvenile delinquent that responds to kindness and explanation. B is the hardened criminal that learns nothing but to game the system better next time. B is an obvious ban. A, maybe not. If their work is good and they seem like they (and their friends) might become good community members with enough guidance, then they're welcome—even though the rules are the rules. Going lenient on A would be a bad idea if HN were vulnerable to naive voting rings; but we've been writing software for many years to catch those. The A cases are so naive that after a few years we realized that we were better off going easy on them. They're not the abusers we need to worry about! and often they turn into good citizens.

tompccs 1y ago

Hi dang, I'm the OP and a longtime user of HN so I appreciate your fair-handedness on this. We have a small circle of enthusiastic early-users and we made them aware of our 'debut' without explicitly soliciting votes or comments.