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Interesting. Somewhat off-topic but what on earth is their business model? Journals are private. There are no advertisements. The service is free. YCombina

Interesting. Somewhat off-topic but what on earth is their business model? Journals are private. There are no advertisements. The service is free. YCombinator hopes to make money from this how? Don't get me wrong: it's a simple and clever idea. Just... it's not philanthropy, is it?

alanfalcon 16y ago
They send you an e-mail daily... one that you presumably actually look forward to getting. Surely they could add an advertisement to this e-mail if they wanted?
- sleight42 16y ago
  Probably. And don't call me "Shirley". I'm so sorry. I just couldn't resist.... (If you don't get it, watch this movie soon: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/)
  - idoh 16y ago
    Never explain jokes! You can dissect a joke, but it dies in the process.
    - dhimes 16y ago
      But it's ok to point to a reference for the joke. It helps to educate people.
omouse 16y ago
Some things don't need a business model. They should release the code as free/open source software if they haven't already. Just think of it as a gift to the world and you can rest easy at night :D
- philwelch 16y ago
  Y Combinator is supposed to invest money in startups with the hope of making bucketloads of money. It's not a charity for establishing cool web apps as a gift to the world.