We deliberately encourage it. We learned about this technique from Google, who use their own employees to beta test everything. In fact, this is part of the r

We deliberately encourage it. We learned about this technique from Google, who use their own employees to beta test everything. In fact, this is part of the reason we've grown so fast. As we continue with YC it becomes increasingly clear how valuable the alumni network is (not just in this way of course but in others too), so the bigger we can grow it the better.