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Jon, Steve's co-founder here and the development side of things.

Always interested in hearing any feedback, good or bad, so have at it!

If you're going to be free please have some sort of moderation process. This is not a job: http://hackerjobs.co.uk/jobs/2012/4/11/spamme-tech-co-founde...

Steve Buckley here.

Depends on your perspective really. The company is legit and the ad is for a technical co-founder. If you apply and are successful then you have a job to do.

I understand what you're saying but it's very easy for your site to become filled with these sort of posts that most people aren't going to care for. There are sites out there for finding a co-founder already, it seems silly to let your site become another one of those sites and dilute the value. For me at least when looking for a job I want something that pays, if a noticeable amount of results on your site are posts saying "we can't pay yet but if we make money we will" then it'll change the audience that care for your site.

If you're set on allowing them at the very least can you provide an option to filter these out? You allow for filtering of all other types so it seems sensible people (like me, or maybe just me...) can get rid of the university student with an idea type postings.

There is no barrier to entry on having an idea, anyone can have an idea, a non-technical co-founder can spend half an hour thinking of a name and pitch and then make a post on your site, that is (to me) not the sort of thing I expect from a job site.

I understand where you're coming from however this is a brand spanking new resource for job seekers and if we start using the ban hammer a bit too much it will impact our growth and we'll never reach critical mass.

Once we have a healthy flow of traffic we intend to lay down a few ground rules to help increase the overall standard of jobs that appear on the site.

In terms of filtering out those jobs, we're working on that already. We've been waiting for the database to grow as it was overly restrictive when there were only a few pages of jobs on the site.

As a job seeker I prefer you to tend towards overly selective than the reverse. I have no trouble finding quantity of jobs to apply for. It's in the "curated" job listing where I see value in your site.

That's just it, the site is heavily curated as it stands. For the record, we do have plans to launch more targeted sites down the line that focus on specific areas of tech so that may potentially solve your problem entirely!

Yes it is and I should have said I really like it so far as it solves a real pain for me. Especially as my background isn't standard, HR friendly fare. When my current project comes to a close at the end of the year I'll probably be looking at you guys first.

I was really commenting on "We've been waiting for the database to grow as it was overly restrictive when there were only a few pages of jobs on the site". If you have high standards for jobs being posted, I'd suggest you apply them with full rigor now rather than waiting till later. As my impression of the site now affects whether I'll remember you guys in 6 months time.

I'm of the opinion that co-founder searches aren't really valid, but if they are seperated into a targeted site then thats just as good for me.

Trust me when I say that curating the content of your site right from the start is one of the most important things you can do.

It's might seem counterintuitive now, but letting a lower standard in now will set the tone for the site - and that not only affects the standard of job-posters you attract in the future but also the standard of potential hires you can attract.

What will impact your growth is offers no one is interested in. Better to post a few jobs that everyone is talking about than have 100's of jobs no one is talking about.

set.the.tone.early.

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