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Re: Show HN: Whosfiring

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Post by Swizec »

Are pink slip parties coming back too?

I feel like I missed a big part of SV culture by being in high school back then. Would be cool to experience again.

Re: Show HN: Whosfiring

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Post by p0ppe »

Should this be considered Fucked Company 2.0, nine years after the original site closed?

Edit: The original name was apparently also a pun (Fast Company).

Re: Show HN: Whosfiring

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Post by iodbh »

Please pardon my negativity but i'm tired of this trend of taking something that span discussion on HN and making it into an app as soon as possible, then posting it on HN.

It's getting out of control since the old geek jobs article on Indiehackers. There's now at least one of these posts per week and they're less and less interesting. It's not showing cool tech or a cool idea, it's just trying to capitalize on the interest here and using HN as an early marketing channel.

I mean come on. This is literally an app that allows to add an element to a list because there was a succesful "Ask HN : who's firing ?" post a couple of weeks ago.

Please make it stop

Re: Show HN: Whosfiring

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Post by karakal »

So this seems to be aimed at people looking for a job, in the hopes of avoiding said companie. What about all the poor folks in said companies that will fear of being let go because some disgruntled employee decided to post a fake rumor?

Re: Show HN: Whosfiring

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Post by a13n »

iodbh wrote: post #6

Please pardon my negativity but i'm tired of this trend of taking something that span discussion on HN and making it into an app as soon as possible, then posting it on HN. It's getting out of control since the old geek jobs article on Indiehackers. There's now at least one of these posts per week and they're less and less interesting. It's not showing cool tech or a cool idea, it's just trying to capitalize on the i…

Then don't participate.

I actually find this idea very interesting and would love to subscribe to notifications about which companies are laying off workers or see trends about how many people are being laid off per week/month. As an investor, this is a nice data point that shows the health of the tech sector.

What exactly is wrong with capitalizing on interest here? Sounds smart to me - you know you're solving a real problem and you have a free marketing channel... So many people built stuff that nobody wants.

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