It is so easy for an entire company to come off as "tone deaf" in a public forum due to avoidable errors.
Smart people deserve to be allowed to speak in places like HN. GitLab has gotten it pretty darn right in creating a some guidance for such people, AND by making the guidance public.
This document looks less like guidance for gaming a system and more like instructions for being respectful to an influential community, but that's just my read.
It is so easy for an entire company to come off as "tone deaf" in a public forum due to avoidable errors.
Smart people deserve to be allowed to speak in places like HN. GitLab has gotten it pretty darn right in creating a some guidance for such people, AND by making the guidance public.
This document looks less like guidance for gaming a system and more like instructions for being respectful to an influential community, but that's just my read.