Some months ago Triplebyte was planning to make every candidate’s profile public unless the candidate took action to opt out. After outcry on HN, they reversed the decision (made it opt-in) and Ammon emailed out an apology.
I really don’t know the details of Triplebyte’s growth strategy—I never worked with that team.
I worked at Triplebyte until I was laid off in April due to COVID. I’ve disagreed with many company decisions (including opt-out public profiles) but I’ve never questioned Ammon’s integrity. I remember him as an honest person (at times perhaps to his detriment) and if he claims this this is unintentional, then I believe him.
Independently, from what I remember of those parts of the company codebase, my prior would be that this is a bug, not malice.
I really don’t know the details of Triplebyte’s growth strategy—I never worked with that team.