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by toomuchcoffee 5069 days ago
our treatment of them will be repeated to their friends, who...

Conversely: the message behind the incredibly popular "bum's rush" technique of flushing sub-optimal candidates seems to be "aww, you sucked so bad, most likely your friends all suck, too -- so we might as well deter them from applying, also."