I sort of agree, if anything I thought the post was helpful and might even spawn some discussion about the roles of benefits/wage and the balance of such. If someone posts a senior dev role for 25k again though I’m still going to point out that it’s a pile of crap, and that might not fit into a “play nice” rule.
In terms of recruiter baiting, I get the point that it tends to cause only negative feeling and attitudes, though it’s hard to resist when they are generally zero effort exploitative shit bags profiting from the desperation and/or ignorance of others. With some exceptions. It’s probably best kept to a minimum. Will. > On 30 Oct 2015, at 09:43, Rob Gough <[email protected]> wrote: > > Worth revisiting that rule, and replacing it with a more general "play nice" > one? The replies to that recent posting I thought were quite interesting and > useful, and if I was looking I'd have wanted to see them. > > On 30 October 2015 at 08:47, Tekin Suleyman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 30 Oct 2015, at 07:55, Hakim C <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Out of interest, what's the purpose of the "no on-list replies" rule? Just >> to prevent the embarrassment of people replying with their CV to a public >> list? If so, seems a bit of a sledgehammer: >> >> In other tech communities I'm in, being able to discuss jobs can be a >> fantastic way to improve the power differential between techie and employer >> -- "oh, they've advertised that job before but for different salary", or >> "oh, they're good guys!" (or the opposite). In this case, the employer can >> be directed to post to a specific "jobs" list which is syndicated to the >> subscription-only list for discussion. >> > > Job posts have always proved very divisive here, hence the need for > guidelines. Unfortunately, too often replies have tended towards unhelpful > snark and recruiter baiting. The rule is there to prevent this and help keep > the tone of the list positive and constructive. > > It might be a bit of a sledgehammer approach, but it's the easiest way to > avoid some of the unhelpful and off-putting discussions that often cropped up. > > Tekin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
