Don't know why you're down-voted. This is literally in the guidelines
"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation). If you want to say something to us, please send it to hn@ycombinator.com. "
Last I knew it was about once a week or so, but there's also an absolute limit on the number of active posts across all companies to prevent Hacker News from becoming Job News.
I'm sure they're afraid that people will bash certain companies in them. But I'd like that too. They should let the company moderate the discussion in those posts. I don't care if they're highly censored, I think there would be a lot of value to being able to ask the company questions about the roles.
I actually think companies would get positive and negative feedback on their job postings which would mean that future postings would be better. The company will always win. No need to be afraid of bashing IMHO.
>They should let the company moderate the discussion in those posts. I don't care if they're highly censored, I think there would be a lot of value to being able to ask the company questions about the roles.
Ew no. The illusion that a company is good is way more harmful than just disallowing comments in the first place.
They'd be more interesting if they weren't so cookie-cutter. "Help us disrupt the X industry". "Passionate about [insert particular software thingy], so are we".
The job postings are basically ads due to the fact that YCombinator runs the site for free. Considering how often someone posts a comment that is mean spirited and possibly even wrong which gets to the top I don't think that allowing for discussion would help at all.
Unlike everything else on the front page of HN, job posting are not there to be "interesting". Before the current system, when people could comment on them, "interesting" quickly became a problem.
Additionally, does HN keep track of how effective these postings are? I mean, as in, how many quality hits do YC startups get from being on the front page of HN?
It is just one of many many places we utilize at Zapier. As a remote company, we are able to draw candidates from all over the world, so the top of the funnel is pretty wide. HN alone wouldn't provide the diversity we look for when we open a new role.
It'd be really interesting to dig into geodata about the HN community; I'd imagine as a job listing tool, it is less useful for YC companies that aren't based in California. That's assuming a much higher concentration of readers in tech hubs.
I think stackoverflow, reddit, etc. clearly know this is less effective, but they are probably simply following the law regarding "Native advertising" [1] which applies to "content that bears a similarity to the news, feature articles, product reviews, entertainment, and other material that surrounds it online"
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It's just that public comments on these posts would serve no tangible purpose for the companies.
Ew no. The illusion that a company is good is way more harmful than just disallowing comments in the first place.
Not necessarily from anything the companies were doing...
Job posts are submitted and go into a queue. Only posts from companies that have not recently had a job post shown are picked from the queue.
They appear near the top, and then work their way down over the course of 3 hours. Only one job post is shown on the front page at a time.
It'd be really interesting to dig into geodata about the HN community; I'd imagine as a job listing tool, it is less useful for YC companies that aren't based in California. That's assuming a much higher concentration of readers in tech hubs.
There would be a lot more 'job ad' inventory and it wouldn't interfere directly with the user experience.
In fact they can also use it to advertise other initiatives like open applications/events/research grants/...
It would decrease the impact on UX, as you suggested, but I don't think the current experience is not significantly injured.
See the link on the menu bar at the top.
Also, constants ads would be a bad distraction. I'd definitely try to block it or leave the site.
[1] https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/nat...
https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs
The post was voted up rapidly and then killed assumedly by a mod.
It seems like some yc companies see it as a strategic advantage that they can spam hn to get cheap devs.