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A few times it's been brought up to limit their posts, but HN seems insistent on not making any feature updates here to pause their auto-posting for portfolio companies, which drives down trust/quality amongst product people when a portfolio company doesn't have the best track record of hiring/retention.

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That's not how it works - there is no "auto-posting". Companies have to actively add their listing to HN each and every time.

It is possible for a company to conduct layoffs and still be hiring; in fact, I'd say it's more common than not. Companies need to shift personnel (role, location, seniority, etc) all the time as they grow and change.

"still be hiring"...

except their "new" CEO (founder, ex Chairman of BOD) was adamant. "We've had a firing freeze for months. I don't understand why this is happening."

He's being called out now because he was so emphatic and insistent.

Job postings are special kinds of postings that don't have comments enabled.

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