Seriously, why?
Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
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Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#2YC job post, they fixed the title to reflect this better
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#3YC job post, they fixed the title to reflect this better
Yeah, because it smacks of political nonsense. HN shouldn't (in my view) be used as a political campaign machine. Politics shouldn't be on HN unless it directly relevant to tech or startups, etc.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#4YC job post, they fixed the title to reflect this better
"Obama uses Optimizely. Help him get re-elected by joining Optimizely". It doesn't look very clear to me that this is a YC-sponsored link.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#5YC job post, they fixed the title to reflect this better
I think it's a very dumb way to advertise. No matter what side of the aisle they are on politically, they alienate a considerable percentage of potential employees/customers with that strategy.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#6YC job post, they fixed the title to reflect this better
I think it's a very dumb way to advertise. No matter what side of the aisle they are on politically, they alienate a considerable percentage of potential employees/customers with that strategy.
I'm a conservative and I was only offended by the barely descriptive landing page.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#7YC job post, they fixed the title to reflect this better
"Obama uses Optimizely. Help him get re-elected by joining Optimizely". It doesn't look very clear to me that this is a YC-sponsored link.
1) Optimizely is a YC-funded company
2) Has no voting / commenting / flagging so it's a jobs post
3) Has no submitter so it's definitely a jobs post
I don't agree with the wording either. But I guess it's supposed to purposefully provoke. I wouldn't be surprised if they're running an A/B campaign on the page linked right now, or will be later on with a different jobs post or something. If so, kudos to them and smart work. I don't give much a damn about 'helping him get re-elected' however.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Obama uses Optimizely. Help him get re-elected by joining Optimizely". It doesn't look very clear to me that this is a YC-sponsored link.
1) Optimizely is a YC-funded company 2) Has no voting / commenting / flagging so it's a jobs post 3) Has no submitter so it's definitely a jobs post I don't agree with the wording either. But I guess it's supposed to purposefully provoke. I wouldn't be surprised if they're running an A/B campaign on the page linked right now, or will be later on with a different jobs post or something. If so, kudos to them and smart…
I follow, but how can one tell from looking? There is a convenient "[pdf]" tag when a link is a PDF, but no indicator besides missing controls that there is some special arrangement for job postings. I had to check the web to find out that Optimizely is YC-funded, and I had no idea YC jobs had special promotion on HN until I found this post. It's a slightly shady thing to do without any obvious indicator of what's going on.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#9Yuck, didn't see it until now, but as a customer, it's enough to make me cancel.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Optomizely on the frontpage with no voting and no discussion?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
1) Optimizely is a YC-funded company 2) Has no voting / commenting / flagging so it's a jobs post 3) Has no submitter so it's definitely a jobs post I don't agree with the wording either. But I guess it's supposed to purposefully provoke. I wouldn't be surprised if they're running an A/B campaign on the page linked right now, or will be later on with a different jobs post or something. If so, kudos to them and smart…
I follow, but how can one tell from looking? There is a convenient "[pdf]" tag when a link is a PDF, but no indicator besides missing controls that there is some special arrangement for job postings. I had to check the web to find out that Optimizely is YC-funded, and I had no idea YC jobs had special promotion on HN until I found this post. It's a slightly shady thing to do without any obvious indicator of what's go…
Check the jobs link at the top and also notice that you can't vote for it / no arrow; therefore it's a jobs posting, which are exclusive to YC companies.