[jaysonelliot]

Within a couple hours of creating my profile, I've received three emails from recruiters, all for positions unrelated to my actual field.

I love the idea behind mentii, but this kind of thing could tank it early if it gets out of control.

[goatcurious]

Jayson - thanks for the feedback. We will have to tackle the spam / irrelevant messaging problem soon.

We would love to reach out to the recruiters who messaged you, and understand their need better -- could you send us more details at support @ mentii.com

[colinhowe]

I'd love to sign up... but recruiters should be hellbanned from this.

[shanelja]

I think the most effective short term way would to to provide a tertiary recruiter type account and have users be able to opt in or out of messages. Some people who are actively seeking work would be able to get the content they were after on your site and the recruiters would be able to pick from applicants who most importantly wanted to receive their messages.

For recruiters who take the method of making a normal account and using it to recruit to people who have opted out you could have a report ticket based system, even algorithmic-ally limiting the account abilities of people who repeatedly break the rules should they have a certain comment/report ratio.

[goatcurious]

Thanks Shane -- quite a neat idea!

In the very immediate term, we are also tracking the recruiter's activity and engaging them 1-1 on community rules.

[shanelja]

Don't mention it - your application seems pretty great, I wouldn't want to see it's grand opening on HN marred by recruiters and spammers.

Also, make sure you plan for longer term - 1:1 engagement rarely scales with explosive growth. :)