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Re:Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam by justusthane on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:02AM (#29995374)
Seems like this has the potential for a high rate of false positives. If I were a recruiter typing out personal messages, I'd still likely copy and paste the name just to be sure I got it right.
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Re:Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam by 88913527 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:11AM (#29995538)
Fortunately, you do have options for what will and won't get around the human filter, when it comes to choosing your weird character.

For example, a human knows that in name "John[Emoji] Doe", the [emoji] isn't likely a legitimate part of John's first name (imagine, if HN permitted, the emoji was a dolphin), whereas, "Renée Doe" a recruiter might copy-and-paste for accuracy.

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Re:Show HN: A simple tool to help filter recruiter spam by addandsubtract on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:19AM (#29995641)
My personal filter is messages that read, "Hi [name], I love what you have done for [current company]..."

I develop B2B software in a niche market. How could you have possibly seen any of my work?

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