I hate to see these kinds of discussions happening now that YC is taking off in the press. YC puts out a lot of free content and value into the community alread

I hate to see these kinds of discussions happening now that YC is taking off in the press. YC puts out a lot of free content and value into the community already. Unfortunately YC does not scale well. And why should it? It was created at the pleasure of the former Viaweb team and JL. From my limited perspective, the following is what I see as something that may help counter the feeling of exclusion. In the community of PG followers there seems to be a desire to 'belong' somehow more officially, if nothing more than to make conversations easier. News.YC I think helps quite a bit, but when guys in this niche community have to describe themselves it often comes out like this: "I really like to read Paul Graham's articles and talk with other guys that like to read his articles." "I applied for YC and was rejected, but still like to associate with the other YC rejects." Both of those general statements just sound pretty lame when you try to tell your girlfriend (imaginary or real ;) about this little club of startup guys you're involved in. Despite it being totally arbitrary other than to just make conversations easier and reduce exclusionary feelings, it might be useful if there were a more defined way to refer to this yc-affiliated-but-not-officially-part-of-community-of -like-minded-startup-guys. Then those in the community could refer to their involvement in terms that doesn't sound like a fan club and isn't focused on a failed YC application. Ideas?