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They used to ask for your Slashdot username!

• kn0thing 16y ago
  And in Steve's defense, his number should be lower, but I think he lurked for years...
• philwelch 16y ago
  Well, Reddit didn't exist yet (on account of Reddit being a YC startup) and HN didn't exist because Reddit hadn't gotten to a state that HN needed to be created. So the evolution seems natural, assuming they wanted to know whether you made any intelligent comments on tech news sites.
• ilovecomputers 16y ago
  Now what do they ask for?
  • zck 16y ago
    From http://news.ycombinator.com/w2011form http://news.ycombinator.com/w2011form : >For each founder, please list: YC username; ... personal url, github url, facebook id, twitter id;...
    • younata 16y ago
      "Sorry, the application deadline has passed." Edit: Anyone have a copy of it?
      • zck 16y ago
        You should be able to get it at http://news.ycombinator.com/apply http://news.ycombinator.com/apply . If not, go to http://ycombinator.com/late.html http://ycombinator.com/late.html
      • jackowayed 16y ago
        You can still get to the application form to apply late, but they seem to do some session stuff making the direct link not work (which means you have to acknowledge that you're applying late). Anyway, go here: http://news.ycombinator.com/apply http://news.ycombinator.com/apply Click "apply late". Click "Edit your application online" (number 3).