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@Dang -- Why we selectively add YC Badge to the stories on HN? Hacker News needs to be consistent adding YC startup badges in the brackets for both positive and
by gordon_freeman 8y ago
@Dang -- Why we selectively add YC Badge to the stories on HN? Hacker News needs to be consistent adding YC startup badges in the brackets for both positive and negative stories. Let's be clear on that.
- sctb 8y agoWe add it when the community might not have heard of the startup or known they did YC. Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit, Docker, Twitch, Zenefits, Instacart etc. don't need it (and indeed, consistently don't get it).
- e1ven 8y agoTo be fair, I've been following YC for 12 years and I didn't recall that Instacart was a YC company until I saw the parent's comment. There are just too many to keep track of, even for the big guys. That said, I don't know that who they raised money from is particularly relevant to the story.
- samstave 8y ago+1