[xwdv]

Why doesn't hackernews adopt something or do something like this? Software developers are rolling in money, and it's not that expensive. Guess we're too busy eating the world.

[abhisuri97]

I think it’s just because HN isn’t really a community that has many consistent themes/cohesion. It’s very active but only on individual news items rather than across posts.

But I think if the mods could potentially put up a link for donating to something, it’d get decent traffic. I just wouldn’t expect that initiative to arise organically from the user base and get significant traction.

[mancerayder]

We're too busy spying on the world and selling the data to advertisers. That's essentially what the highest paid developers do, right?

[xwdv]

Correct, but that's why we should find some way to offset our unethical activities.

[mcv]

Go ahead and do it. On Reddit, it started because some people just did it, and others followed their example.

[chad_strategic]

When I was a software/web developer, I never worked with any software developers that could agree on anything.

For example: variable names

So I like your idea... but execution is going to be an issue.

[Spoiled_toast]

The HR platform is built upon an entirely different ethic. There is no room for this behavior to grow. Thank the one without humour.