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Many rejections are opaque to the rejectee, deliberately. Is there any evidence here the system is opaque to the folks who run it? On the surface it seems to be rejecting folks with low credit scores, criminal records, evictions.

if (creditScore < X || criminalRecord || eviction) return REJECT

Which is the same process most landlords go through in their head when they don't have a system.

And, it's life. Didn't get a job? Opaque. Didn't get an apartment? Opaque. Didn't get a yes to a request for a date? Opaque.



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