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HN is "marketing" for ycombinator.

• arthurcolle 7y ago
  Well somehow it doesn't seem quite as toxic as newsvertisements similar to original post in question, and despite my original statement, I still enjoy posting here, so clearly this is a spectrum and what you are describing and what I am talking about are not quite identical. There's a difference between offering up a startup-oriented forum that still encourages people to post anything that is intellectually stimulating and interesting, while still allowing it to be an outlet for YC-backed startups to post and share things for discussion vs. posting a news article that piggybacks on Andreessen's well-publicized and becomes marketing spin about a specific product after a few introductory paragraphs. Just like how there's a difference between allowing a few "sponsored posts" on a search page, and having all of the front page be sponsored posts. Does that make more sense? Do you disagree that there's a difference between those two things?
  • dominotw 7y ago
    > Do you disagree that there's a difference between those two things? Yes. Although, I didn't make the assertion that they are the same.