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Life & fun · July 27, 2023

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FaangSupport – Easing Access to FAANG Customer Support

Hi HN! I'm building it. It's not uncommon to see complaints on HN about users being locked out of their Faang/Fortune 500 accounts, primarily by automated systems at these companies, and yet the provided support channels do not help. In Fact, one of these days, HN has become an unofficial support channel for FAANG. But what about those that don't know about HN? Enter FaangSupport. FaangSupport connects you and me to verified (via email) Faang Volunteers. When complete, the main interface will be an Inbox like layout, through which you can create tickets and correspond with a Faang…

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Hi HN! I'm building it. It's not uncommon to see complaints on HN about users being locked out of their Faang/Fortune 500 accounts, primarily by automated systems at these companies, and yet the provided support channels do not help. In Fact, one of these days, HN has become an unofficial support channel for FAANG. But what about those that don't know about HN? Enter FaangSupport. FaangSupport connects you and me to verified (via email) Faang Volunteers. When complete, the main interface will be an Inbox like layout, through which you can create tickets and correspond with a Faang employee. So my fellow HNers, would this work? Yes Faang Support is broken but would the solution look like this? Thanks HN.

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