AT the very least, YC use this site as an exclusive recruiting tool for YC backed companies "Another kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These ap

AT the very least, YC use this site as an exclusive recruiting tool for YC backed companies "Another kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments.", and as a way to build their own reputation amongst a particular section of the tech/software community. Pac Man in a boot sector and similar stories keep you (and me) coming back here. Both of these objectives are not targeted at investors, but are without doubt helpful in assisting YC backed companies find and hire "A players" at a higher rate that they'd be able to without this site, and that is almost certainly a significant factor in some/all of their 100x (or 20x or 3x) successes. And if you don't think blackhat SEO-type spammers wouldn't destroy this site in a heartbeat if they had an accurate understanding of the algorithms and tools used to moderate it, perhaps you should cast your mind back to the days before SEOs and Google "ruined the internet". :sigh: