HACKER Q&A
📣 boopboopbadoop

Why is there a YC job posting on the front page with comments disabled?


There’s currently a job posting for SimpleHash that’s on the front page, but has comments disabled. Is this an ad?

  👤 samwillis Accepted Answer ✓
See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

“ Another kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments. They begin part-way down and fall steadily. Only one is on the front page at a time. The rest are listed at jobs.”

👤 mindcrime
It's a perk for YC companies. They can post "help wanted" ads on HN. Comments are disabled. Whether that's a good thing or not has been debated ad nauseam, but that's the way it is.