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Not sure why you'd want to draw PG into a political shit fight... Besides - wouldn't a more hacker thing to do be to fund the folks (or be the folks) that buil

Not sure why you'd want to draw PG into a political shit fight... Besides - wouldn't a more hacker thing to do be to fund the folks (or be the folks) that build the next take down? All empires fall - the cool thing about modern times is that they seem to fall faster and faster...

thinkcomp 16y ago
I'm not looking for a fight. I'm looking for an explanation. The odds of success as an entrepreneur are low enough without influential investors implicitly blessing those who are notorious for their unique interpretations of right and wrong.
- grovulent 16y ago
  Nah course not, you just want someone else to get in one.
  - panacea 16y ago
    Simmer down gentleman. This really isn't the place for "flame-on".
lhnz 16y ago
He is responsible for YC. Who else would you mention by name when arguing this point?
samtp 16y ago
Its not a 'political shit fight'. There are some consequences to being a startup incubator, and partnering with a company that has a record of using outside innovations for its own benefit.
- grovulent 16y ago
  Yeah - I reject that. I don't agree with facebook's approach. So I don't use it. But this isn't black or white stuff... this is grey area that lots of people have different opinions about. By all means critique facebook - by all means critique those who have partnered with facebook. But demanding that someone else must come in on the fight on your side or your going to denounce them publicly on their site, is a pretty horrible - either your with us, or your against us - sort of mentality. As far as I'm aware, YC itself is not funding any companies with similar sorts of ethic breaches. So why not take the fight to where it needs to be fought?