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1. gansty+u5[view] [source] 2020-05-23 05:29:35
>>winsto+(OP)
This is horrible, what a breach of trust. I used TB to stealthily interview for jobs, had a good experience. Recommended them to others. Now I see that if I hadn't seen this post, I wouldn't have known about this and those details would have been public, which had the potential to seriously undermine me at my current position. I'll opt out tomorrow, but according to others it sounds like the visibility link was somewhat hidden. At least with this they're well on the way to becoming the next LinkedIn, at least by their practices. What a dark pattern.
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2. ammon+Pa[view] [source] 2020-05-23 06:36:03
>>gansty+u5
Your Triplebyte profile will NOT contain any data/details about you or your job search that will undermine you at your current employer. We should have included a screenshot and more details in the email. I'll talk to my team about following up with more details tomorrow. We are talking about a lightweight profile, like your Stack Overflow or HN profile, to provide us the canvas to release badges. That's it.
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3. travis+zb[view] [source] 2020-05-23 06:43:31
>>ammon+Pa
If someone goes from not having a profile to having one, you know they’re job hunting.

It’s like saying “Your Tinder profile will NOT contain any data/details about you or your dating search that will undermine you in your current relationship.”

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4. pmille+qp[view] [source] 2020-05-23 09:14:56
>>travis+zb
That's a false equivalence. You're talking about a business relationship versus an intimate personal relationship context.
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5. travis+oq[view] [source] 2020-05-23 09:24:19
>>pmille+qp
My point is that just having the profile is data. He can’t predict what impact making this data public will have.
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6. pmille+kr[view] [source] 2020-05-23 09:36:48
>>travis+oq
Companies that are worth a shit don't retaliate against people for looking at other opportunities. That's precisely why your Tinder example is not just off base, it's wrong.

Another way to look at it: either you're a replaceable cog, or you're essential to running the business. If you're essential, they're going to do whatever they can to keep you. If you're replaceable, they probably don't care that much whether you in particular stay or go, but it will certainly cost money to replace you, which they'd rather avoid spending.

Only a completely irrational company would cut someone loose just because an online profile with that person's name on it appeared somewhere.

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7. barbec+zQ[view] [source] 2020-05-23 14:14:28
>>pmille+kr
Very few companies are worth a shit.
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