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Would you hire a Convict?

3 pointsrlafranchi6 comments

My thoughts: https://rlafranchi.github.io/2015/11/02/would-you-hire-a-convict/

Would I hire a convict, in principle? Yes, but it would depend on the details for any specific case. That is, I'd be happy to hire a person convicted of a non-violent drug crime, or anything else that I consider a "victimless crime" (or any other "crime" that I personally consider a non-crime).

If the crime were something like shoplifting or whatever, and the person wasn't a serial offender, then I'd probably still consider hiring the person.

OTOH, somebody convicted of rape, murder, child molestation, something like that... I don't know. Offhand I think the answer is "no, probably not". I'd probably have to think about that one a bit more.

Yes, I'm mostly talking about drug offenders that received a federal conviction and victimless or non-violent crimes. Thanks for your response.

Why didn't you submit this in the usual way, putting the URL in the URL box?

New to HN, but it was intended to be a question, as stated: Leave url blank to submit a question for discussion. If there is no url, the text (if any) will appear at the top of the thread.

    > New to HN,

That surprises me, especially since you posted something 237 days ago:

    Full.social – an idea in the works (full.social)
    1 point by rlafranchi 237 days ago | 4 comments

Even so, the usual modus operandi[0] is that if you've got an article to share then you submit it in the URL box. If you haven't got a URL to share, but want to say something, share something, or ask a question, then you put it in the text box.

Doing what you did has at least two consequences. One is that your item has a "non-URL" penalty in the rankings, so it's less likely to make the Front Page, and if it does, then it will fall off more quickly.

The second effect is that people need to copy your URL, then paste it into their browser. It's not clickable, so far, far fewer people will read it in the first place.

[0] And no, it's not "modus operandus" : http://ask.metafilter.com/103558/why-not-modus-operandus

Thanks, I've submitted the url. I guess I should have said relatively new to submitting on HN, but not entirely new to reading on HN.

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