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Don’t judge a whole community by one freak.

ls-a 2mo ago
absolutely contrary. You are who you surround yourself with. These people have a private social network called bookface. Hidden from the rest of the world
- fragmede 2mo ago
  It sounds sinister when you say it like that, but I've got private group chats with my friends that are "hidden from the rest of the world" and someone shares pictures of their dog or music they liked. I think tattooing people with a company logo for an interview is fucked up, but let's not pull out the guillotines just because certain people are having secret encrypted private conversations with each other.
  - EA-3167 2mo ago
    If you're advertising that you're going to permanently mark your almost certainly transient brand on desperate people for the promise of just an interview, I think it's fair to wonder what you'd prefer to keep hidden. In your case it's all puppies and rainbows, but presumably your public face is also quite a bit milder than, "Sure get the tattoo and maybe I'll see if you can make it to the next round of interviews, hope you're ready to work 7-day weeks if you make it!"
    - thephyber 2mo ago
      [flagged]
      - EA-3167 2mo ago
        Don’t trust your feelings.
      - croisillon 2mo ago
        it's more than a spontaneous shout, there was a printed sign "instant interview for anyone who gets a tatoo" https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_i8446c0vth451eslucnj73mc4f/-S640x935-FWEBP https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_i8446...
EA-3167 2mo ago
Lets be real, they aren't. This is a community that was notorious for sycophancy, desperation, and cruelty for quite some time now if the success of the show 'Silicon Valley' indicates anything. This is the community that keeps justifying limitless greed with the belief that we're building the future, while increasingly the future being built is defined by terms like, "Enshittification."
- thephyber 2mo ago
  > if the success of the show 'Silicon Valley' indicates anything That show was created by the creator of Office Space. They were both fictional and satire. Just because it was popular and there were some nuggets of truth in the jokes doesn't mean that every startup in Silicon Valley is as extreme of a cult as WeWork was.
gverrilla 2mo ago
> The founder of Corgi, a YC insurance tech company with a $4 billion reported valuation, known for running a Corgi cafe without any dogs, recently said (opens in new tab) that two-thirds of his early staff members have a company tattoo. 2 freaks, at the very very very least.
- thephyber 2mo ago
  Wait. Apples and oranges. People who haven't even been interviewed let alone hired getting a company brand is one thing. But coworkers (and likely friends) getting a company tattoo after getting hired seems completely plausible, especially if it has grown successful into a unicorn.
  - gverrilla 2mo ago
    > two thirds of early employees. unless he had exactly 3 employees, I'd say it's freakish.
reilly3000 2mo ago
https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/13/founders-dropouts-ycombinator-aiboom-startups/ https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/13/founders-dropouts-ycombina... This article provides more examples. They wanted to stand out in a community that has become known for its excesses.
greekrich92 2mo ago
Noted sociopath Sam Altman is the most visible member of the commumity. it's the right judgement.

ls-a 2mo ago

absolutely contrary. You are who you surround yourself with. These people have a private social network called bookface. Hidden from the rest of the world

fragmede 2mo ago
It sounds sinister when you say it like that, but I've got private group chats with my friends that are "hidden from the rest of the world" and someone shares pictures of their dog or music they liked. I think tattooing people with a company logo for an interview is fucked up, but let's not pull out the guillotines just because certain people are having secret encrypted private conversations with each other.
- EA-3167 2mo ago
  If you're advertising that you're going to permanently mark your almost certainly transient brand on desperate people for the promise of just an interview, I think it's fair to wonder what you'd prefer to keep hidden. In your case it's all puppies and rainbows, but presumably your public face is also quite a bit milder than, "Sure get the tattoo and maybe I'll see if you can make it to the next round of interviews, hope you're ready to work 7-day weeks if you make it!"
  - thephyber 2mo ago
    [flagged]
    - EA-3167 2mo ago
      Don’t trust your feelings.
    - croisillon 2mo ago
      it's more than a spontaneous shout, there was a printed sign "instant interview for anyone who gets a tatoo" https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_i8446c0vth451eslucnj73mc4f/-S640x935-FWEBP https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_i8446...

EA-3167 2mo ago

Lets be real, they aren't. This is a community that was notorious for sycophancy, desperation, and cruelty for quite some time now if the success of the show 'Silicon Valley' indicates anything. This is the community that keeps justifying limitless greed with the belief that we're building the future, while increasingly the future being built is defined by terms like, "Enshittification."

thephyber 2mo ago
> if the success of the show 'Silicon Valley' indicates anything That show was created by the creator of Office Space. They were both fictional and satire. Just because it was popular and there were some nuggets of truth in the jokes doesn't mean that every startup in Silicon Valley is as extreme of a cult as WeWork was.

gverrilla 2mo ago

> The founder of Corgi, a YC insurance tech company with a $4 billion reported valuation, known for running a Corgi cafe without any dogs, recently said (opens in new tab) that two-thirds of his early staff members have a company tattoo. 2 freaks, at the very very very least.

thephyber 2mo ago
Wait. Apples and oranges. People who haven't even been interviewed let alone hired getting a company brand is one thing. But coworkers (and likely friends) getting a company tattoo after getting hired seems completely plausible, especially if it has grown successful into a unicorn.
- gverrilla 2mo ago
  > two thirds of early employees. unless he had exactly 3 employees, I'd say it's freakish.

reilly3000 2mo ago

https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/13/founders-dropouts-ycombinator-aiboom-startups/ https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/13/founders-dropouts-ycombina... This article provides more examples. They wanted to stand out in a community that has become known for its excesses.

greekrich92 2mo ago

Noted sociopath Sam Altman is the most visible member of the commumity. it's the right judgement.