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This post isn't from the normal whoishiring account. Somebody's doing something fishy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9471287 https://news.ycombinator.c

This post isn't from the normal whoishiring account. Somebody's doing something fishy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9471287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9471287 posted by 30 day old account https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=_whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=_whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9471043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9471043 posted by 1 hour old account https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=__whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=__whoishiring The normal whoishiring account https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring

johntyree 11y ago
>)))))> Yes. Also note that if you've posted in a fake thread and you try to post in a real thread, the spam bot will remove you.
_whoishiring 11y ago
Here's the context - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9470984 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9470984
detaro 11y ago
the 30 day old account was created and jumped in when the official thread didn't appear on time last month and its thread was more or less promoted to be the official one (the official account didn't create a "who is hiring" thread last month). Since the official post hasn't appeared I guess this is the same thing again.
diminoten 11y ago
Since it's a community run submission, it's completely irrelevant which account actually posts the submission.
- dang 11y ago
  It's relevant for two important reasons: we don't want the content split across competing threads, and there needs to be a standard place for people to look for these posts. Currently that is (or was) https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring.
  - diminoten 11y ago
    What you're saying doesn't seem to be the case, given the lack of confusion taking place here.
    - johntyree 11y ago
      What lack of confusion? Did you miss the first thread that some people posted in and which fizzled out?
      - diminoten 11y ago
        Yes, and that's kind of my whole point. This post is right on par, comment wise, with the other ones. Clearly not much confusion took place. Dang says there "needs to be a standard place" -- but I think the success of this thread disagrees with that statement. Hardly a big deal, just pointing it out.
        maxerickson 11y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9473545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9473545 We've moved all the posts from this thread to that one, except where the posters had already made a new one there themselves.
        diminoten 11y ago
        Good point. The more important thing dang said though was this: > We're probably going to finally automate all of this officially next month. Which is exactly what I was trying to get at anyway.
        bramgg 11y ago
        So, do you guys just blindly downvote anyone that even moderately disagrees with dang or what?
dang 11y ago
> Somebody's doing something fishy. Definitely nothing fishy in this case. The original whoishiring has been distracted lately, and _whoishiring stepped in to help. It actually made a big difference today. It also, however, made us realize that it's about time (after what, 6 years maybe) that we wrote the small amount of code to just automate this so people don't have to wonder where the threads are.

johntyree 11y ago

>)))))> Yes. Also note that if you've posted in a fake thread and you try to post in a real thread, the spam bot will remove you.

_whoishiring 11y ago

Here's the context - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9470984 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9470984

detaro 11y ago

the 30 day old account was created and jumped in when the official thread didn't appear on time last month and its thread was more or less promoted to be the official one (the official account didn't create a "who is hiring" thread last month). Since the official post hasn't appeared I guess this is the same thing again.

diminoten 11y ago

Since it's a community run submission, it's completely irrelevant which account actually posts the submission.

dang 11y ago
It's relevant for two important reasons: we don't want the content split across competing threads, and there needs to be a standard place for people to look for these posts. Currently that is (or was) https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring.
- diminoten 11y ago
  What you're saying doesn't seem to be the case, given the lack of confusion taking place here.
  - johntyree 11y ago
    What lack of confusion? Did you miss the first thread that some people posted in and which fizzled out?
    - diminoten 11y ago
      Yes, and that's kind of my whole point. This post is right on par, comment wise, with the other ones. Clearly not much confusion took place. Dang says there "needs to be a standard place" -- but I think the success of this thread disagrees with that statement. Hardly a big deal, just pointing it out.
      - maxerickson 11y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9473545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9473545 We've moved all the posts from this thread to that one, except where the posters had already made a new one there themselves.
        diminoten 11y ago
        Good point. The more important thing dang said though was this: > We're probably going to finally automate all of this officially next month. Which is exactly what I was trying to get at anyway.
        bramgg 11y ago
        So, do you guys just blindly downvote anyone that even moderately disagrees with dang or what?

dang 11y ago

> Somebody's doing something fishy. Definitely nothing fishy in this case. The original whoishiring has been distracted lately, and _whoishiring stepped in to help. It actually made a big difference today. It also, however, made us realize that it's about time (after what, 6 years maybe) that we wrote the small amount of code to just automate this so people don't have to wonder where the threads are.