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YC was nominated for a Crunchie, but please vote for Ron Conway instead.

107 points by pg 17y ago

lionhearted 17y ago
Wow, that's an incredibly classy gesture. Thanks to everyone on the YC team and in the YC family - it's a great culture you've built. Lots of great discussion on HN, communication, writing, and great companies. Cheers and happy holidays.
brown9-2 17y ago
Three YC-funded startups were also nominated for Crunchies this year. Please help them out by voting below Looks like Posterous was also nominated for "Best Internet Application" - any reason why they're not called out too?
- pg 17y ago
  Oops, will fix. Edit: fixed.
n-named 17y ago
YC funded companies winning a crunchie will have a much greater impact than YC winning a crunchie, YC is already on the map. Very nice way to concede the YC vote in order to get HN readership to vote for the YC startups.
- aaronblohowiak 17y ago
  YC is not competing with their fundees (different categories), they are competing with Ron Conway, to whom PG would like to yield his support.
ivankirigin 17y ago
This move makes me want to vote for YC. Dilemma!
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maxklein 17y ago
What's the deal with recommending Dropbox to be voted best in internet, but Posterous not? I like em both, though Dropbox is a bit better imho.
- pg 17y ago
  See reply to other q asking this
jsean 17y ago
Just a side note; what's the need for using an url shortener in a non character count restricted environment? I really don't like clicking a link I don't know the real destination for. If I'm not the only one who feels like this there is, in this case, unfortunately a risk that Ron has already "lost" two or more votes.
- cpach 17y ago
  You can go here to vote: http://crunchies2009.techcrunch.com/vote/ http://crunchies2009.techcrunch.com/vote/
- breck 17y ago
  > I really don't like clicking a link I don't know the real destination for. Why not, when the source of the link is known? (As in this case--PG).
  - hallmark 17y ago
    It is not just a matter of trusting the source, such as pg. A full URL also helps me decide whether to spend the time to visit and load the new page. User experience. I'd vote to ban shortened URLs from HN posts and comments (edit: when full URLs are available).
    - pg 17y ago
      Shortened urls are already banned from HN posts, mainly because spammers started to use them.
- maxklein 17y ago
  Analytics and retweeting?
- axod 17y ago
  Using a url shortener shows you're "hip". If you just paste a url, people may worry you don't understand what's hot and what's not.
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mrduncan 17y ago
Of note, Ron Conway invested in YC (albeit somewhat indirectly) earlier in the year. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/y-combinator-gets-the-sequoia-capital-seal-of-approval/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/y-combinator-gets-the-s...
yaacovtp 17y ago
Why is the Nook on the list and not the Kindle2/DX both of which went on sale in 2009?
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107 points by pg 17y ago

Wow, that's an incredibly classy gesture. Thanks to everyone on the YC team and in the YC family - it's a great culture you've built. Lots of great discussion on HN, communication, writing, and great companies. Cheers and happy holidays.

brown9-2 17y ago

Three YC-funded startups were also nominated for Crunchies this year. Please help them out by voting below Looks like Posterous was also nominated for "Best Internet Application" - any reason why they're not called out too?

pg 17y ago
Oops, will fix. Edit: fixed.

n-named 17y ago

YC funded companies winning a crunchie will have a much greater impact than YC winning a crunchie, YC is already on the map. Very nice way to concede the YC vote in order to get HN readership to vote for the YC startups.

aaronblohowiak 17y ago
YC is not competing with their fundees (different categories), they are competing with Ron Conway, to whom PG would like to yield his support.

ivankirigin 17y ago

This move makes me want to vote for YC. Dilemma!

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maxklein 17y ago

What's the deal with recommending Dropbox to be voted best in internet, but Posterous not? I like em both, though Dropbox is a bit better imho.

pg 17y ago
See reply to other q asking this

jsean 17y ago

Just a side note; what's the need for using an url shortener in a non character count restricted environment? I really don't like clicking a link I don't know the real destination for. If I'm not the only one who feels like this there is, in this case, unfortunately a risk that Ron has already "lost" two or more votes.

cpach 17y ago
You can go here to vote: http://crunchies2009.techcrunch.com/vote/ http://crunchies2009.techcrunch.com/vote/
breck 17y ago
> I really don't like clicking a link I don't know the real destination for. Why not, when the source of the link is known? (As in this case--PG).
- hallmark 17y ago
  It is not just a matter of trusting the source, such as pg. A full URL also helps me decide whether to spend the time to visit and load the new page. User experience. I'd vote to ban shortened URLs from HN posts and comments (edit: when full URLs are available).
  - pg 17y ago
    Shortened urls are already banned from HN posts, mainly because spammers started to use them.
maxklein 17y ago
Analytics and retweeting?
axod 17y ago
Using a url shortener shows you're "hip". If you just paste a url, people may worry you don't understand what's hot and what's not.
17y ago

mrduncan 17y ago

Of note, Ron Conway invested in YC (albeit somewhat indirectly) earlier in the year. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/y-combinator-gets-the-sequoia-capital-seal-of-approval/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/y-combinator-gets-the-s...

yaacovtp 17y ago

Why is the Nook on the list and not the Kindle2/DX both of which went on sale in 2009?

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