yourfairshare.info
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SHOW HN2026
17points
30comments
#2,209of 4,366 in 2026
Top 51%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.50.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Dividing profit by headcount ignores capital and investor returns
From 3 comments
Dividing profits by employee count and calling this "fair share" is ludicrous. It exhibits a childish understanding of the world and the economy. If you believe that you're…
xyzzyz on HNSo all companies should just fully divide their profits, totally equally, among employees, so shareholders get nothing. So why would anyone ever invest in companies in the first…
hn_throwaway_99 on HNIt's probably easier to understand this concept if you forget about tech, and think about something like steel mill, or a mine. If you want to make money as a worker making…
xyzzyz on HN
Calculation ignores the salary input and shows the same result regardless of entry
From 1 comment
It just says the same thing regardless of what I enter: 1 million annual: > If you got to keep your fair share of the profit Amazon.com reported, $77.7B, your salary would be…
customguy on HN
Concept is misleading and fosters resentment
From 2 comments
Dividing profits by employee count and calling this "fair share" is ludicrous. It exhibits a childish understanding of the world and the economy. If you believe that you're…
xyzzyz on HNImplying people are cheated is a nice way to increase dissatisfaction, if the goal is to produce resentment. I'm all for unions and collective bargaining but I'm not a fan of…
newsomix9xl on HN
Requests
Show the raw per-employee number instead of the personalized framing
From 1 comment
I found that confusing personally, seems like it's just unnecessary and just seeing the raw number that you're missing out on would be easier to reason about.
tele_ski on HN
Questions
Are the posts by the maker LLM-generated?
From 1 comment
Not even talking about the actual content on the website, OP - why are all of your comments here LLM-generated? It's extremely clear you're not writing those yourself, which…
Tiberium on HN