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by randomsilence 1570 days ago
What's their reason for shutting it down? The older submissions mention that they want to focus on managing company images. Why would they shut down before establishing the new income stream? What happens if it doesn't work out? Will they shut down completely in a year or two?

Besides, if they are not operating at a loss, why not keep the job board running and improve it until it is the market leader? They know what people search. Who is better positioned to bring programmers and companies together? What do I miss that makes it impossible for them to continue?

1 comments

Puneet Mulchandani's answer is there: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/415293/sunsetting-j...

> less than 1% of our monthly users engaged with Jobs

> Most employers found our sourcing system too restrictive or difficult to work with

> We would need to spend a lot more time & effort to address these issues

But why does it matter? It's all automated.