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"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombi

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

elliotec 10y ago
Does this count? It's just a query about updates on something YC posted on HN themselves. Seems allowed to me.
Zombieball 10y ago
I think in this scenario it seems fair to post a question. What's the alternative, write a blog article asking the same and post a link to that instead? I'm also interested in a status update given some recent news posted on HN about Finland experimenting with the same ideas.
- irinai13 10y ago
  Agreed. This seems like the right way to ask for updates. Especially since other people would like to know too.
- prawn 10y ago
  Alternative would be emailing them "Are you able to share any progress on the BI project? I'd bet more on HN would be keen to hear too." Project then writes a blog and someone submits to HN. However, I can appreciate that the slight public pressure of an Ask YC making the front page might encourage quicker movement or at least a response that didn't otherwise warrant a blog post.
kristianc 10y ago
This doesn't seem in the spirit of this rule, which seems designed to prevent questions of the type 'How do I get into YC?'
saycheese 10y ago
If YC is going to use HN to promote themselves, seems only fair to allow the community to query them via HN.
- dimino 10y ago
  Except for the fact that YC explicitly said don't do this...
  - swrobel 10y ago
    Not exactly this...
  - pbhjpbhj 10y ago
    Which is not necessarily a reason not too. That's the double-edge of company backed fora.
- jbpetersen 10y ago
  There needs to be an "Ask YC" weekly. It'd also make for a great way to nudge the community in the desired direction by focusing attention (and away from becoming what's effectively a standalone subreddit).
Hydraulix989 10y ago
Are you actually a mod though? Rule call-outs are almost always even more noisy than the original offense was.
patrickg_zill 10y ago
Correct me if I am wrong, but user "sama" is Sam Altman, President of YC; so if he answers instead of killing the thread, I would guess he is OK with it.

elliotec 10y ago

Does this count? It's just a query about updates on something YC posted on HN themselves. Seems allowed to me.

Zombieball 10y ago

I think in this scenario it seems fair to post a question. What's the alternative, write a blog article asking the same and post a link to that instead? I'm also interested in a status update given some recent news posted on HN about Finland experimenting with the same ideas.

irinai13 10y ago
Agreed. This seems like the right way to ask for updates. Especially since other people would like to know too.
prawn 10y ago
Alternative would be emailing them "Are you able to share any progress on the BI project? I'd bet more on HN would be keen to hear too." Project then writes a blog and someone submits to HN. However, I can appreciate that the slight public pressure of an Ask YC making the front page might encourage quicker movement or at least a response that didn't otherwise warrant a blog post.

kristianc 10y ago

This doesn't seem in the spirit of this rule, which seems designed to prevent questions of the type 'How do I get into YC?'

saycheese 10y ago

If YC is going to use HN to promote themselves, seems only fair to allow the community to query them via HN.

dimino 10y ago
Except for the fact that YC explicitly said don't do this...
- swrobel 10y ago
  Not exactly this...
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  Which is not necessarily a reason not too. That's the double-edge of company backed fora.
jbpetersen 10y ago
There needs to be an "Ask YC" weekly. It'd also make for a great way to nudge the community in the desired direction by focusing attention (and away from becoming what's effectively a standalone subreddit).

Hydraulix989 10y ago

Are you actually a mod though? Rule call-outs are almost always even more noisy than the original offense was.

patrickg_zill 10y ago

Correct me if I am wrong, but user "sama" is Sam Altman, President of YC; so if he answers instead of killing the thread, I would guess he is OK with it.