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I thought that this error in the e-mail was funny since complaining to HR departments is in fact a little unprofessional. If you don't receive an e-mail back from HR or a recruiter, it means that the company wasn't interested in you. 'Ghosting' doesn't exist in the hiring world. No reply universally means that you've been turned down. Receiving a reply is an unnecessary courtesy provided by some companies. Job hunting can be daunting, but do not whinge to companies that have turned you down. They may hire you in the future.


This 'article' appears to be a new-ish form of GPT* generated SEO blogspam.


My spidey senses tell me that Facebook and Twitter have begun periodically spinning off artificial competing shell orgs that resemble this service. They use the data gathered from signups to run demographic analysis on users who are likely to leave their platform, and can additionally point to these companies as evidence of existing competition in anti-trust cases. Parler, a so-called Twitter alternative that mysteriously won't publish its list of backers, is another good example of this type of company. What is a ham-sandwich photo and copypasta spammer to do?


We are most definitely not facebook algorithms. We actually posted a video on YouTube, hastily put together about why we made it. Though I can't really argue your logic.


this is a brilliant insight that i've never considered before but would probably bet my entire networth that it's the type of scummy/genius thing facebook would do.


This entire thing is likely related to Apple’s engineered obsolescence cycle. They have already been busted intentionally causing issues on their platforms prior to the release of new products in order to drive sales. It’s a grey area legally and difficult to prove, but it’s essentially a form of racketeering.


It seems a lot of your comments garner downvotes on this site. Your comments are sound, or at least very reasonable, and thus my opinion of this site and the community has faltered significantly.


The “what are you doing with my data?” section didn’t answer the question. Are you planning on selling or distributing the dataset to anyone?


The practice of rigging app store removals as a means of increasing launch-hype is becoming an increasingly utilized marketing technique for apps. The "Hey" e-mail app successfully used this tactic recently. This marketing technique is a form of social engineering and fraud that spurs artificial discourse regarding well-known legal hurdles affecting apps. App developers then re-publish a compliant app that capitalizes on the very marketplace that the app developer and their pool of new users claim some deep-seated issue with. The old switcheroo!


We have no plans if submitting a new build at this time, as we personally believe the build we currently have is already compliant.

As for hype…I guess you could claim that? But we’re “promoting” and app that won’t be on the store after tomorrow.


What does a compliant version of iSH look like? I'm not sure this marketing technique applies here as complying would defeat the entire purpose of the application, so it seems like they're just going to let come what may with regards to removal.


iSH is an open source hobby project, not a product. I fail to see how what you accuse Hey of as fraud and artificial discourse either.


“Hey” very clearly gamed an Apple TOS violation to increase the visibility of their project as a marketing stunt during its launch. This practice is becoming increasingly common as companies try to position themselves as being relatable to average users. It’s free publicity, integrates into a hotly debated topic poll, and garners a lot of commentary which can be easily driven by shills.


Since when is violating a ToS fraud? Marketing stunt, maybe.


"Fraud"? Sorry, going against Tim Cook's will is not a crime.


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