We agree that companies should reply to applicants, but please don't break the rules at the top of Who Is Hiring threads.
We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45093824.
p.s. Here's a bunch of past mod explanations about this, if anyone wants to understand why we have this rule:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44772030 (Aug 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44770591 (Aug 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44161363 (June 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40239393 (May 2024)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39222099 (Feb 2024)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37759361 (Oct 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37759152 (Oct 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37741801 (Oct 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37397355 (Sept 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37354391 (Sept 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36158274 (June 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35818403 (May 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32335600 (Aug 2022)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29408468 (Dec 2021)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28385149 (Sept 2021)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24984132 (Nov 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22667632 (March 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22244528 (Feb 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16987471 (May 2018)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9822899 (July 2015)
p.s. Here's a bunch of past mod explanations about this, if anyone wants to understand why we have this rule:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44772030 (Aug 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44770591 (Aug 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44161363 (June 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40239393 (May 2024)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39222099 (Feb 2024)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37759361 (Oct 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37759152 (Oct 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37741801 (Oct 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37397355 (Sept 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37354391 (Sept 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36158274 (June 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35818403 (May 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32335600 (Aug 2022)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29408468 (Dec 2021)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28385149 (Sept 2021)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24984132 (Nov 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22667632 (March 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22244528 (Feb 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16987471 (May 2018)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9822899 (July 2015)