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Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#31

Post by andyprevalsky »

jrflowers wrote: post #30
andyprevalsky wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

aint no bots here sir This is different because you don't need to jump through hoops w/ recruiting agencies or spend a bunch of time looking through your employees or personal networks to find the right hires, and the lead verification part is automated too! It essentially shortcuts all the hiring headache, and lets you just focus on meeting highly qualified candidates that fit your JD without all the people that get…

> aint no bots here sir That makes sense. A bunch of real folks registered to post “this looks great” within minutes of this being posted https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=osamahqatanani https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=edwardkongg https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cagarza1000 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=amiayoshimura https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=apresser https://news.ycombinator.com/user?i…

they aren't bots

they are friends & customers of the product that we told about our launch and they came to show support...

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#32

Post by andyprevalsky »

jrflowers wrote: post #30
andyprevalsky wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

aint no bots here sir This is different because you don't need to jump through hoops w/ recruiting agencies or spend a bunch of time looking through your employees or personal networks to find the right hires, and the lead verification part is automated too! It essentially shortcuts all the hiring headache, and lets you just focus on meeting highly qualified candidates that fit your JD without all the people that get…

> aint no bots here sir That makes sense. A bunch of real folks registered to post “this looks great” within minutes of this being posted https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=osamahqatanani https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=edwardkongg https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cagarza1000 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=amiayoshimura https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=apresser https://news.ycombinator.com/user?i…

if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#33

Post by jrflowers »

andyprevalsky wrote: post #32
jrflowers wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> aint no bots here sir That makes sense. A bunch of real folks registered to post “this looks great” within minutes of this being posted https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=osamahqatanani https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=edwardkongg https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cagarza1000 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=amiayoshimura https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=apresser https://news.ycombinator.com/user?i…

if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol

> if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol

Can you elaborate on what you mean by that

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#34

Post by mosdl »

andyprevalsky wrote: post #26
mosdl wrote: post #18

I love all the bot comments and upvotes, always a good sign! I fail to see how this will make hiring faster/better - we already get so much recruiting spam, why would this be any different?

aint no bots here sir This is different because you don't need to jump through hoops w/ recruiting agencies or spend a bunch of time looking through your employees or personal networks to find the right hires, and the lead verification part is automated too! It essentially shortcuts all the hiring headache, and lets you just focus on meeting highly qualified candidates that fit your JD without all the people that get…

So your ai agent will send outreach emails to potential candidates it chooses, which is not really any different than using any of the automated recruiting tools already out there. I don't see what is the difference here - using LLMs to solve something that is already pretty much automates (outreach).

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#35

Post by dang »

andyprevalsky wrote: post #31
jrflowers wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> aint no bots here sir That makes sense. A bunch of real folks registered to post “this looks great” within minutes of this being posted https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=osamahqatanani https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=edwardkongg https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cagarza1000 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=amiayoshimura https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=apresser https://news.ycombinator.com/user?i…

they aren't bots they are friends & customers of the product that we told about our launch and they came to show support...

Of course I believe you that they aren't bots, but it's against HN's rules to have friends show up to upvote and comment like this. It comes across as astroturfing, and HN's community (as you've no doubt noticed) is zealous in defending itself against this.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#36

Post by slater »

jrflowers wrote: post #33
andyprevalsky wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol

> if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol Can you elaborate on what you mean by that

"if i really wanted to astro-turf this, i'd make it so you wouldn't be able to tell" ...

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#37

Post by jrflowers »

slater wrote: post #36
jrflowers wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> if we wanted to bot this you wouldn't think it was bots lol Can you elaborate on what you mean by that

"if i really wanted to astro-turf this, i'd make it so you wouldn't be able to tell" ...

I was able to parse the sentence. I was asking andyprevalsky if they could personally expand on that boast. Like for example if somebody accused me of being a bot puppeteer I would say something like “what” or “I don’t know how to do that”. I wouldn’t outright state that I’m excellent at furtively making bots on this website because that’s not a skill or interest that I have.

I suppose I could have phrased that “why should I believe you” but I feel like andyprevalsky would have answered that if they answered the question I posted.

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#38

Post by andyprevalsky »

dang wrote: post #35
andyprevalsky wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they aren't bots they are friends & customers of the product that we told about our launch and they came to show support...

Of course I believe you that they aren't bots, but it's against HN's rules to have friends show up to upvote and comment like this. It comes across as astroturfing, and HN's community (as you've no doubt noticed) is zealous in defending itself against this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Yea I saw those rules a little too late after posting , that’s mb

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#39

Post by andyprevalsky »

jrflowers wrote: post #37
slater wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"if i really wanted to astro-turf this, i'd make it so you wouldn't be able to tell" ...

I was able to parse the sentence. I was asking andyprevalsky if they could personally expand on that boast. Like for example if somebody accused me of being a bot puppeteer I would say something like “what” or “I don’t know how to do that”. I wouldn’t outright state that I’m excellent at furtively making bots on this website because that’s not a skill or interest that I have. I suppose I could have phrased that “why…

I have no interest in botting this site, I thought that was implied from b4… HN doesn’t deserve that

Re: Show HN: Canteen – Hire Engineers 10× Faster, at Half the Cost

#40

Post by AllyRectangle »

dang wrote: post #35
andyprevalsky wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they aren't bots they are friends & customers of the product that we told about our launch and they came to show support...

Of course I believe you that they aren't bots, but it's against HN's rules to have friends show up to upvote and comment like this. It comes across as astroturfing, and HN's community (as you've no doubt noticed) is zealous in defending itself against this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

I'm curious how this is any different from what every startup does when they launch and ask their employees/customers/friends to like and share their posts: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/martykausas_we-built-a-clickf...
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