Blind
Shares rank 12 of 17 discussion forums by recommenders
People recommend it as an anonymous forum for tech workers, with company-email verification; critics call it toxic and compare it to 4chan.
People recommend it as an anonymous forum for tech workers, with company-email verification; critics call it toxic and compare it to 4chan.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 46%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Toxic, bullying atmosphere
“It's a site that thrives on a few crabs being higher in the bucket and bullying the rest.”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities” “The Blind community is one of the most toxic communities out there.”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues” “Blind is toxic, but at least the users are cynically realistic.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “The Brand Age” Often compared to 4chan
“Blind is like 4chan, not representative of the vast majority of software engineers”
Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use” “Be careful. The site is like a tech version of 4 chan.”
Comment from 7 Mar 2026 in “Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions”
Other discussion forums people recommend
The four most recommended other discussion forums, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News | 361 | 156 | 70% | 12 | 10 yrs17 owners | Approved |
| 261 | 988 | 21% | 13 | 14 yrs54 owners | — | |
| Lobsters | 105 | 31 | 77% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Old Reddit | 60 | 47 | 56% | 12 | — | — |
| BlindThis page | 6 | 7 | 46% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm plagued by ads for ai-assisted ways to cheat on interviews every time I login to Blind”
“Blind (teamblind.com) culture has been taking over tech for like a decade at this point.”
“It's a site that thrives on a few crabs being higher in the bucket and bullying the rest.”
“Blind requires verification by company email for posting, which I guess eliminates most of the bots.”
“Be careful. The site is like a tech version of 4 chan.”
“Blind is toxic, but at least the users are cynically realistic.”
“I took one look at it, realized it was a cesspool and noped out.”
“Glassdoor, Indeed and Blind are more reliable.”
“Blind is like 4chan, not representative of the vast majority of software engineers”
“Blind is fine. It's close to the forums of the ancient Internet.”
“The Blind community is one of the most toxic communities out there.”
“Its too bad Team Blind doesn't support a dev api to their auth service”
“Another super negative place is Team blind, where a lot of contributors are extremely well-paid.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.