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446 points Teever | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 16:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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apercu ◴[26 Aug 25 18:01 UTC] No.45030087[source]▶

If I wanted to game my stock price and mislead my competition, a bunch of highly specific (and fraudulent) job postings on my website (in combination with other investor-adjacent reporting) would be a great low cost start.

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maxk42 ◴[26 Aug 25 19:47 UTC] No.45031417[source]▶

>>45030087 #

How, exactly, would that convince an investor such as myself that your company is suddenly worth more?

Generally when I'm looking at a company's financials more employees means less profitable.

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1. alexd127 ◴[26 Aug 25 20:38 UTC] No.45032028[source]▶

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It's common in the investment industry to look at the content/trends in a company's job posts. More job posts are not directly a good thing, but job posts can give insights into the departments or projects that are growing

For example: https://www.linkup.com

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