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The more and more I read on Altman, the more and more it feels like fluff and snake oil. Stanford dropout, a major failed startup, pretty much kinda "failed" i

by urda 8y ago

The more and more I read on Altman, the more and more it feels like fluff and snake oil. Stanford dropout, a major failed startup, pretty much kinda "failed" into the position he is in today. He doesn't add value at all. Edit: This was flagged as "a personal attack" apparently.

webwright 8y ago
This is a pretty ridiculous series of statements, especially if you count YC as a mid-stage startup when he joined (which it was). If you add up all of the successful YC companies since he started leading YC, it's a pretty breathtaking number (the count, the valuations, and the value created). YC was having pretty serious scaling problems when he took the reins-- from my understanding, he resolved those pretty effectively. YC's growth since he's been leading it (in a lot of directions) has been impressive-- full-stop.
dang 8y ago
That crosses into personal attack, and you can't post like that here. I work with Sam, so normally would intervene less in such a case—but you can't post like that here about anybody. Some rules need enforcing across the board and this is one of the main ones, so please don't do it again. Edit: it looks like we've warned you repeatedly about making personal attacks in the past. That is the sort of thing we ban accounts for doing repeatedly, so please don't.
- urda 8y ago
  How exactly is this a personal attack? It's my observation plus publicly known information. No name calling or any harm mentioned toward him. I believe this content, and others, is empty, fluff, and of little actual value. We're allowed to disagree with Altman, even on HN.
  - dang 8y ago
    "He doesn't add value at all" is obviously a personal putdown. (It's also obviously wrong, since there's no way Sam would be running YC after 4 years if it were true. But we don't moderate people for being wrong, only for breaking the site guidelines. Please (re-)read them at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.)

by urda 8y ago

webwright 8y ago

This is a pretty ridiculous series of statements, especially if you count YC as a mid-stage startup when he joined (which it was). If you add up all of the successful YC companies since he started leading YC, it's a pretty breathtaking number (the count, the valuations, and the value created). YC was having pretty serious scaling problems when he took the reins-- from my understanding, he resolved those pretty effectively. YC's growth since he's been leading it (in a lot of directions) has been impressive-- full-stop.

dang 8y ago

That crosses into personal attack, and you can't post like that here. I work with Sam, so normally would intervene less in such a case—but you can't post like that here about anybody. Some rules need enforcing across the board and this is one of the main ones, so please don't do it again. Edit: it looks like we've warned you repeatedly about making personal attacks in the past. That is the sort of thing we ban accounts for doing repeatedly, so please don't.

urda 8y ago
How exactly is this a personal attack? It's my observation plus publicly known information. No name calling or any harm mentioned toward him. I believe this content, and others, is empty, fluff, and of little actual value. We're allowed to disagree with Altman, even on HN.
- dang 8y ago
  "He doesn't add value at all" is obviously a personal putdown. (It's also obviously wrong, since there's no way Sam would be running YC after 4 years if it were true. But we don't moderate people for being wrong, only for breaking the site guidelines. Please (re-)read them at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.)