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The cynical reaction would be to say this is all about damage limitation to their brand since it appeared on HN, as they meant to do it rather than it being a 'clerical error'.

Good thing I'm not cynical.

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HN, and its readership, simply isn't that important to tumblr. If it were reddit, maybe the cynical reaction would be accurate.

Yes it is. Tumblr's parent is Yahoo and Yahoo will be keen on being friendly to the developer community to attract top talent. Much of which reads HN.

I know it seems that way, but that's actually reddit and r/programming. Based on sheer numbers, I think most engineers don't frequent Hacker News.

I was just at dinner with an ex-Zynga game dev last night who had never even heard of it.

>ex-Zynga game dev

Well, he did say "top talent"!

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but it's unfair to judge someone's ability based on where they used to work.

This friend of mine was laid off in New York and received his severance; based on what I know about him, he could work in a multitude of places right now if he wanted to.

Zynga's vilified image aside, there is no reason to believe their engineers are not "top talent."

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