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0 pointsenjo9y ago0 comments

I belong to a networking group for CTO's. Pretty much everyone has reported that Facebook ads are basically the best way to find developers right now. Extremely cost effective with lots of excellent results.

I have some concerns about the effect they have on diversity (given how tightly you can target them). But the results seems to be really good.

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arcticfox9y ago· 2 in thread

That's...bizarre. In past surveys over 80% of HN users report using adblock. Anecdotally that's very true of devs I know personally, and of the rest, there are 0% I'd want to hire.

I'm very curious who these developers are that (1) let Facebook show them ads and (2) god forbid, actually click on them

ch4ch49y ago

Probably mobile users.

That's the only time I ever browse without adblock and, yes, I have actually clicked on a hiring ad, which led to my current job.

executesorder669y ago

If you use Firefox on mobile you can use uBlock Origin to block ads on your phone.

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