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Never heard of Toptal before, but I sure won't be using their services now. The Streisand effect is not to be underestimated...

dcdc123 4y ago
ditto
tnzk 4y ago
Have never used but seen their name quite often as an ad in reddit app. Feels like 1 out of 3 times I see them.
- PenguinCoder 4y ago
  More reason to avoid them. I don't fault a company for needing to advertise, that's a given. But incessant constant barrages of your company name in unrelated spaces, certainly aren't the way to do it. Kind of like the same damn ads 3 times in a row on Pluto TV, or Spotify, etc.
  - jasonm23 4y ago
    They think they're getting MindShare™ Instead they're getting Annoying™
- Silhouette 4y ago
  On a related note does anyone happen to know how you can filter LinkedIn's job lists to exclude specific advertisers? The promoted entries already make the lists frustrating to use if you're seriously looking to make a move but then certain brands including Toptal seem to list dozens of generic roles at once that just get in the way. It's almost annoying enough to give up on LinkedIn entirely but every now and then something actually worthwhile does show up on those lists for me so I'd prefer to just reliably filter out the items that have no interest for me.
  - jasonm23 4y ago
    I'd recommend https://openuserjs.org/?q=linkedin https://openuserjs.org/?q=linkedin
al_caan 4y ago
Absolutely. When people try to silence and sensor you, it's a sign they're threatened by what you have to say. And we've got nothing to fear as long as we speak the truth. These are common scare tactics by large investor backed organizations, to try and make all possible competition disappear. They especially target small, bootstrapped businesses like ourselves that are more favored by entrepreneurs for their low-budget hiring requirements. And Toptal knows that we'll never be able to battle them out in courts. So they try to enforce fear to silence us. It's not going to work this time. I won't be silenced.
explaingarlic 4y ago
Not that you or I could afford them to begin with ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

dcdc123 4y ago

ditto

tnzk 4y ago

Have never used but seen their name quite often as an ad in reddit app. Feels like 1 out of 3 times I see them.

PenguinCoder 4y ago
More reason to avoid them. I don't fault a company for needing to advertise, that's a given. But incessant constant barrages of your company name in unrelated spaces, certainly aren't the way to do it. Kind of like the same damn ads 3 times in a row on Pluto TV, or Spotify, etc.
- jasonm23 4y ago
  They think they're getting MindShare™ Instead they're getting Annoying™
Silhouette 4y ago
On a related note does anyone happen to know how you can filter LinkedIn's job lists to exclude specific advertisers? The promoted entries already make the lists frustrating to use if you're seriously looking to make a move but then certain brands including Toptal seem to list dozens of generic roles at once that just get in the way. It's almost annoying enough to give up on LinkedIn entirely but every now and then something actually worthwhile does show up on those lists for me so I'd prefer to just reliably filter out the items that have no interest for me.
- jasonm23 4y ago
  I'd recommend https://openuserjs.org/?q=linkedin https://openuserjs.org/?q=linkedin

al_caan 4y ago

Absolutely. When people try to silence and sensor you, it's a sign they're threatened by what you have to say. And we've got nothing to fear as long as we speak the truth. These are common scare tactics by large investor backed organizations, to try and make all possible competition disappear. They especially target small, bootstrapped businesses like ourselves that are more favored by entrepreneurs for their low-budget hiring requirements. And Toptal knows that we'll never be able to battle them out in courts. So they try to enforce fear to silence us. It's not going to work this time. I won't be silenced.

explaingarlic 4y ago

Not that you or I could afford them to begin with ¯\_(ツ)_/¯