Show HN: Fight bias with Details Redacted

by simantel on 10/18/2012, 7:21 PM with 4 comments

After having a conversation with a friend about unconscious bias in hiring decisions, I thought it would be interesting to see if there might be any interest in a service that removes names and gender pronouns from application materials.

Is this something you'd be interested in? Are there any features I could add to make it more appealing?

Check out the live site at:

http://www.detailsredacted.com

  • by Spien on 10/18/2012, 9:09 PM

    Interesting idea. Are email addresses redacted? Is the redacted data configurable?

    I like being able to round file resumes from weedwizard420@gmail.com and domains like hotmail, msn, or aol.

  • by simantel on 10/18/2012, 7:22 PM
  • by snoldak924 on 10/18/2012, 7:42 PM

    Maybe turn it into a SaaS API? Sort of like a XSS-filter but just for pronouns.