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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.

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 great. Good luck with the project!

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