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HN is already monetized. It's one of a couple effective vehicles for YC awareness. I have no doubt that many applicants first encounter YC via HN. That's a rad
by Adaptive 16y ago
HN is already monetized. It's one of a couple effective vehicles for YC awareness. I have no doubt that many applicants first encounter YC via HN.
That's a radically different monetization model than you might be thinking of, but many other shorter term models would have a negative impact on the HN experience and the YC promotion effect.
- edge17 16y agoI'm sure some do, but YC is already in the news heavily. If you look at it as 80/20, I doubt 80% of the people first learn about YC through HN.
- Adaptive 16y agoI don't know how most people find out about YC these days (the channels are certainly different for investors vs developers), but you are probably right that HN is not the first time they hear about YC, though it may be the first real contact with the YC crowd. My hunch is that most YC applicants spend some serious time on HN before applying. It's an effective channel for demonstrating the collective issues of interest to the YC community.
- Vivtek 16y agoI'm in the 20, then.
- salemh 16y agoInteresting...in my techphilia, I found HackerNews through just following interesting stories, and landing on a singular discussion, which is now a daily obsession of going through the posted articles :D This exposure is one of those hard to ROI measure functions (press) etc.