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"We decided to not put barriers between the user and the data" Aside from requiring a login - Google login no less to see the job description.

• 2muchcoffeeman 11mo ago
  How else would you farm user data to be sold off later?
• tompccs 11mo ago
  Hi, OP here. Perhaps "minimal barriers" would have been more accurate. One of the problems we want to solve is the proliferation of bot traffic on job sites. Requiring a Google login is the simplest way to achieve this for the time being.
  • eps 11mo ago
    No everyone has a Google account. You'd think it'd be a pretty damn obvious factoid.
  • pippy360 11mo ago
    Sorry to pile on but, the google sign on also turned me away. I have a google account and usually use it to sign up for sites I'm interested in but when it's used to gate content that could be accessible without a login I just feel like my data is being harvested. If you really want to keep the login then maybe a message like we won't spam email you unless asked and only want your to log in to protect against bots would help.
    • tompccs 11mo ago
      OP here. Appreciate the honesty. I actually agree - I think the same way and I'm realising now that we don't do a good enough job of communicating the need to the user. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
    • pseudalopex 11mo ago
      > If you really want to keep the login then maybe a message like we won't spam email you unless asked and only want your to log in to protect against bots would help. Such messages are lies usually in my experience.