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We try to mix it up. Here's where we went last winter: https://blog.ycombinator.com/winter-2016-college-tour/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/winter-2016-college-t

by katm 10y ago

We try to mix it up. Here's where we went last winter: https://blog.ycombinator.com/winter-2016-college-tour/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/winter-2016-college-tour/. And last fall: https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-office-hours-in-11-countries-this-fall/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-office-hours-in-11-countries...

ilamont 10y ago
When YC posts about visiting the top-tier schools, it gives the impression that they are the only schools that matter. And I have to ask: If the Ivies/MIT/Stanford aren't the only schools that matter, why call them out in a post that's distinct from the winter tour post?
- katm 10y ago
  I'm calling out the schools this time because when I submitted a post titled "YC Winter Tour 2016" last year, this is how it performed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881402.
  - John23832 10y ago
    Is there a requirement that YC announcements perform well? I'm not trying to be negative, but just announce all the tours the same way and let people make of it what they will.
    - katm 10y ago
      No requirement. But why not try something different if the first version doesn't work well?
      - John23832 10y ago
        If the point is just to announce, then why change what you did before? Announce it through the normal channels and be done with it.
      - gist 10y ago
        Why can't a 'super user' just pin something at the top?
        sokoloff 10y ago
        They could, but I'm glad they don't by policy. I can't imagine the amount of crying from the community if the hosts of the site would take special privilege to pin their posts at the top. (I'd be fine with it, as it's their house, but I think they actually are better served to only take a small privilege with the jobs and show posts and otherwise leave the site to the users to vote/curate.)
  - ilamont 10y ago
    I think one of the issues is the title is too generic. Maybe call out some specific schools on the tour next time?
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Cyph0n 10y ago
Will you be visiting Georgia Tech this year?
- katm 10y ago
  Not in the next month. But that doesn't mean we won't try to make it out sometime this year.
Balgair 10y ago
Sooo, only NC State then. When I think Non-top tier I think Chico and Northern Colorado, not Duke and U-Penn. Guess that shows more about what my idea of top-tier is looking up than what I would think looking down.

by katm 10y ago

ilamont 10y ago

When YC posts about visiting the top-tier schools, it gives the impression that they are the only schools that matter. And I have to ask: If the Ivies/MIT/Stanford aren't the only schools that matter, why call them out in a post that's distinct from the winter tour post?

katm 10y ago
I'm calling out the schools this time because when I submitted a post titled "YC Winter Tour 2016" last year, this is how it performed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881402.
- John23832 10y ago
  Is there a requirement that YC announcements perform well? I'm not trying to be negative, but just announce all the tours the same way and let people make of it what they will.
  - katm 10y ago
    No requirement. But why not try something different if the first version doesn't work well?
    - John23832 10y ago
      If the point is just to announce, then why change what you did before? Announce it through the normal channels and be done with it.
    - gist 10y ago
      Why can't a 'super user' just pin something at the top?
      - sokoloff 10y ago
        They could, but I'm glad they don't by policy. I can't imagine the amount of crying from the community if the hosts of the site would take special privilege to pin their posts at the top. (I'd be fine with it, as it's their house, but I think they actually are better served to only take a small privilege with the jobs and show posts and otherwise leave the site to the users to vote/curate.)
- ilamont 10y ago
  I think one of the issues is the title is too generic. Maybe call out some specific schools on the tour next time?
- deleted 10y ago
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Cyph0n 10y ago

Will you be visiting Georgia Tech this year?

katm 10y ago
Not in the next month. But that doesn't mean we won't try to make it out sometime this year.

Balgair 10y ago

Sooo, only NC State then. When I think Non-top tier I think Chico and Northern Colorado, not Duke and U-Penn. Guess that shows more about what my idea of top-tier is looking up than what I would think looking down.