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How much did karma help? (How many of the top 30 news.yc users got interviews?)
- nostrademons 20y agoI've been hovering between #11 and #17 on the karma rankings and did not get an interview.
- akkartik 20y agoI'd be interested in seeing your app.
- joshwa 20y agonot that karma would be the only criteria-- I have a strong feeling my rejection was because my co-founder couldn't move to boston.
- jward 20y agoPaul has said before that he doesn't look so much at karma but instead at the quality and type of comments and submissions. When I heard that he was going to be using YC News as a way to filter applicants I was more than a little put off until he clarified that. I'm sure he's looking for intelligence, creativity, positivity, and passion. High karma can reflect this, but it can also reflect an ability to be able to grind karma.
- Sam_Odio 20y agoI'm also interested in how many of the top 30 applied and didn't get interviews? Of course, there are a lot of confounding variables here. A higher offer rate among the YC top 30 could possibly have nothing to do with karma. For example, versus the typical SFP applicant, the top 30 might: - Spend more time online & therefore more time on their project - Be more knowledgeable about the startup scene - Have a better understanding of what YCombinator is looking for - Etc.
- dfranke 20y agoI'm in the top 30, applied, and did not get an interview. I think the main issue was that my cofounder is still in college and uninclined to drop out.
- bootload 20y agoInterview, huh? I'm after my Certificate of Wizardness [0] and still fighting those trolls down in Hall of Mountain King and making my way to the Swiss Cheese room. I heard if you try real hard and solve the puzzle 'XYZZY' [1] and you sure to make it. This is ADVENT isn't it? [2] Reference [0] Adventure, 'Here's where it all began...' http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/a_history.html http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/a_history.html [1] rickadams.org "Magic word 'XYZZY'" http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/c_xyzzy.html http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/c_xyzzy.html [2] I asked pg about what metrics yc was using/going to use a while ago while they where demoing the image selection tools (forget the yc company name) & he mentioned something along the lines of using numerous sieves the most important being high correlation (of various measurements) with the best. This involves mainly human judgement & all in 48 hrs & it doesn't scale. No refs as search is useless.
- danw 20y agoI applied and didn't get an interview. Karma has very little impact on selection AFAIK. I believe I was let down by my idea: "It's a social network that..", but I've learnt my lesson and am proceeding in a slightly unexpected direction. I know that danielha is having a YC interview, havent heard if he's in yet. Also a few others in the top 30 are waiting until wfp.
- mattculbreth 20y agoI'm pretty high up in the karma, didn't get an interview. That's cool though, I like spending time here regardless.
- brett 20y agoSame boat. I'm with joshwa in having a cofounder unwilling to move to boston. Pretty sure that played a way bigger role than my comments here.
- Alex3917 20y agoI didn't get an interview. I suspect it's partly because on paper our idea sounds like every dodgy metoo startup rolled into one. Which it kind of is, but it's also a little bit brilliant.
- rms 20y agoI got an interview last time but not this time, because I'm banned for life from Y Combinator. :)
- Tichy 20y agoSo come on, tell us the story behind this at least...
- rms 20y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=9965 http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=9965
- nostrademons 20y agoI wanna know what the TechCrunch comment was. ;-)
- rms 20y agooh, you can probably find it. Should get you at least ten karma if you submit it here.
- nostrademons 20y agoThis one? http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=2929 http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=2929 Or this one? http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6120៨ http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6120៨ Or this one? http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6796 http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6796 Edit: Oh never mind, TechCrunch's braindead Java forums don't seem to take well to direct linking, and yCombinator mangles the URLs when it attempts to hotlink.
- rms 20y agoNope... it was a comment on a blog post and significantly more malicious than any of those TC forum posts.