In fact, HN was originally called "Startup News", so it was even more tied to the idea of making money. And yeah, the idea was always to be a place for YC discu

In fact, HN was originally called "Startup News", so it was even more tied to the idea of making money. And yeah, the idea was always to be a place for YC discussion: "our hope is that by creating a community at news.ycombinator, we'll be able to get to know would-be founders before they apply to us." https://news.ycombinator.com/announcingnews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/announcingnews.html