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Show HN: My 48 hour project for offering and searching one-time jobs

haltura.me

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Sorry about the incredibly immature response you got to this. I suppose this is how some people really are when they can be completely anonymous. But it also highlights a problem that you should solve. Making someone submit an email and verify with it when posting (a la craigslist) would probably alleviate some of this and give you something to ban.

Also, I'm not sure how this persuades people away from craigslist, Task Rabbit, etc.

Thanks for your feedback. I'm working on the moderation right now.

Regarding Craigslist and others: the idea behind Haltura is that it must be _extremely_ simple and easy to use and still provide some value to its users.

What the fuck is this bullshit of "Show HN" and then not hanging around in the comments to answer questions and accept feedback. This project has tons of garbage submitted to it and no one from the project is moderating it or responding to the feedback here.

"Show HN" should be reserved for founders/creators and if you're not going to take time to be here for conversation, HN should not give time to your project.

You're not even taking the time to moderate the actual website.

I flagged this crap and will flag other Show HN posts that are essentially spam.

I decided to respond a bit alter because I'm implementing Facebook sign in (to limit the amount of spam a little bit) and email notifications. No need to be so rude.

8 hours after you post and this is your first response. Not only that but the site isnt being moderated and you have tons of garbage posted. You're not respecting the HN community by dumping your Show HN post and then disappearing.

You're getting the time and attention from hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Don't just dump your Show HN post and disappear.

Edit: my use of the word "crap" and crud reaction was in reference to how you dumped your project and left without following up. It's not related to the actual website which I didn't really spend time on since it was full of curses and other nonsense and you were MIA in the comments.

Edit 2: you're getting the brunt of my frustration but it's part of a larger problem that I'm noticing with Show HN. Others have posted their Show HN and then have gone MIA, you just happened to do it when I had time to express my frustration.

It's good to see that you're monitoring this thread and are still working on the site but please make this thread and the comments here a priority while it's still on the front page.

I un-flagged the post.

Edit 3: while you build out the system, you could manually delete posts such as "Nigger nigger fucking shitty cunty nigger chink cunt I LOVE MITT ROMNEY AND SPACE DICKS!!!!!"

You could also create example posts to show the types of job listings that would represent a typical listing.

The reason why I wasn't responding for 8 hours is that I felt asleep after I published the app (it was 3 a.m. here). Also, my previous posts didn't draw so much attention so I thought I'd better gather (and respond to) the feedback next morning rather than refreshing this page every 5 min.

I've deleted all the junk that was there before and I just updated the website with Facebook sign in (mandatory for those posting new jobs). This should filter out at least those not having fake FB profiles since your name (as well as the URL to your profile) is displayed under the job details. I'm also going to add pre-moderation and email notifications within the next couple hours.

That's great. Good luck with the project!

Who is going to signup to a job website where you authenticate with Facebook? http://mashable.com/2012/10/14/facebook-job-search/ http://mashable.com/2012/10/20/facebook-job-apps/

While I agree with what is in the posts you provided (some of my friends actually don't post any pictures or "cat videos" on Facebook because they don't want their potential employers to see them from the "bad" side), I think you're maybe missing a point here. Haltura is meant to be used for one-time jobs only and so there's most likely no harm if your employer sees your drunk pictures on Facebook while he/she only needs you to cut his/her the grass in her garden.

Facebook authentication was made primarily for convenience and also to help preventing spam. But of course I might be wrong by exposing peoples' names and links to their Facebook profiles (e.g. I could also allow users to choose the username which will be displayed throughout the website). Thanks for the feedback, I will think about it!

That's some pretty creative content you gathered over there.

I did however laugh at this one - "Castrate a cat (...) Please respond with references and a link to your github profile." ;)

Brilliant

Looks like you need to beef up moderation.

Thanks, fixing it right now...

"An easiest way to find one-time job."

I would perhaps re-write this as:

    "The easiest way to find one-time jobs."

    "An easy way to find one-time jobs."

  "Get hired...Once"

(joking)

Thanks for your input. I've corrected the language.

Thank you all very much for your feedback. I've just updated the website with Facebook Sign In (which is mandatory if you want to post new job offer). This should filter out at least those not having fake Facebook profiles since your name and the URL to your profile are displayed under the job details page. I'm also working on pre-moderation and implementing email notifications (I will update the website within the next couple hours).

Again, thank you very much for all your valuable feedback.

Just to follow up (not sure anybody is reading this thread anymore though):

I've just rolled out Facebook sign in (only for those who'd like to post new jobs), manual moderation of all offers (say goodbye to "niggers" and "dicks") and email notifications (which might end up in your "Junk" folder so be sure to check it, will fix this a bit later).

Thank you all for you feedback and I hope Haltura is now more or less usable ;-)

Did you posted it over reddit?

Nope. Only here and I also shared the link w/ my friends on Facebook and Twitter.

It's filled with profanity

Thanks, I'm working on it.

Despite the loads of spam, the UI does look pretty nice.

Thanks a lot although it's mostly Bootstrap (I really wanted to keep the UI minimalistic so people can focus on content).

Cool. Just need some postings and I would use it.

Thanks! Glad you've considered it.

Back button doesn't work.

Is it right after you submit a job offer you're trying to go back?

was this a railsrumble entry?

No, this is just something I decided to build on a weekend.

OP is probably just a Gawker "journalist" and reporting you all for these comments to Anderson Cooper.

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