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1. rs2329+Sd[view] [source] 2020-05-23 07:13:20
>>winsto+(OP)
Wow. Plenty of angry people in my circles.

Apparently deletion requires ID or something. Um... thats less good. I vaguely understand why if it was needed to sign up. [addendum: nope!]

Suggest you think carefully about your next step if you have an account. Maybe gibberish your account to whatever extent you see fit, update the email address somewhere less identifying (perhaps sneakemail) and go on with your life. Assume all details will be sold (you mean you didn't already?!)

I think they are out of touch with their userbase. Or they have even more plans their userbase won't like.

Addendum:

There's an option to control public visibility. Opt-out but this is only partial details. I would not rely on that "partial" aspect.

Worse still: if you want to "not be contactable for new opportunities" that only lasts for 24 months at max. You can't select a "not wanting offers at all". Minimum is 1 month.

This means you could be inadvertantly outed as "looking for opportinities" without even knowing it.

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2. wolfga+oe[view] [source] 2020-05-23 07:19:37
>>rs2329+Sd
> I vaguely understand why if it was needed to sign up.

Nope! Triplebyte flew me across the country, put me up in a hotel, and otherwise arranged a job for me with nothing more than my email address and a phone number. The first time I had to provide ID in the entire process was when I filled out the I-9 form on my first day at the company that had hired me.

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3. rs2329+1f[view] [source] 2020-05-23 07:28:35
>>wolfga+oe
Sounds like a good experience. I don't have anything to do with them so color me surprised.

I've got around 150 messages and more within last few hours of our little group - all very unhappy. The irc server #rant channel is getting loud.

Edit: 150 and growing (growling?).

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4. wolfga+Ef[view] [source] 2020-05-23 07:37:18
>>rs2329+1f
Yeah, up until a couple hours ago I had nothing but praise for them. They made the whole process go extremely smoothly, answered all the questions I had and gave me a ton of advice on the whole process, and their screening process was not only great from the my perspective but also gave me confidence in the quality of all their candidates. Then this happened.
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