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Follow up: Many users of hackernews have expressed their disagreement and disapproval of our TOS. After careful investigation, we realize that our original pol

by hpoe 6y ago

Follow up: Many users of hackernews have expressed their disagreement and disapproval of our TOS. After careful investigation, we realize that our original policy was ill conceived and worded in such a manner that people were aware of the vigorous bodily actions which we were performing on them. Due to this we offer our heartfelt apologies, and a guarantee that we will rewrite this policy in a manner that is so obfuscated that no person can realize they are being thoroughly hosed until our lawyers descend. As part of our apology we are offering a coupon that entitles all parties who were effected to 10% off a year subscription to our service provided they will sign a Form 24-62C releasing hpoe and affiliated parties from all damages done to them or their relatives past, present or future, in perpetuity. Thank you our customers mean so much to us.

beckingz 6y ago
At least it's not arbitration.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  https://www.ycombinator.com/legal#tou https://www.ycombinator.com/legal#tou
  - beckingz 6y ago
    ... Well at least we can overwhelm them with cases.
  - komali2 6y ago
    They should remove this portion of the Terms, it's immoral.
  - waterhouse 6y ago
    Back in the good old days... http://web.archive.org/web/20141020194316/https://www.ycombinator.com/legal http://web.archive.org/web/20141020194316/https://www.ycombi... Terms of Use When you click on a link, our server will send you the corresponding page.
    - LMYahooTFY 6y ago
      Wow, that's beautiful and hilarious.
    - saagarjha 6y ago
      It seems like they tightened up their legalese somewhere in early 2017 :(
  - danShumway 6y ago
    That's disappointing to see. I joined HN before that arbitration agreement was instated, and it somehow slipped past me until now that it was added. If that agreement was present when I first joined, I might not have joined at all. It's blatantly out of step with HN's community in general, and it makes me lose a bit of respect for YCombinator.
Wheaties466 6y ago
stop, it hurts.

by hpoe 6y ago

beckingz 6y ago

At least it's not arbitration.

saagarjha 6y ago
https://www.ycombinator.com/legal#tou https://www.ycombinator.com/legal#tou
- beckingz 6y ago
  ... Well at least we can overwhelm them with cases.
- komali2 6y ago
  They should remove this portion of the Terms, it's immoral.
- waterhouse 6y ago
  Back in the good old days... http://web.archive.org/web/20141020194316/https://www.ycombinator.com/legal http://web.archive.org/web/20141020194316/https://www.ycombi... Terms of Use When you click on a link, our server will send you the corresponding page.
  - LMYahooTFY 6y ago
    Wow, that's beautiful and hilarious.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    It seems like they tightened up their legalese somewhere in early 2017 :(
- danShumway 6y ago
  That's disappointing to see. I joined HN before that arbitration agreement was instated, and it somehow slipped past me until now that it was added. If that agreement was present when I first joined, I might not have joined at all. It's blatantly out of step with HN's community in general, and it makes me lose a bit of respect for YCombinator.

Wheaties466 6y ago

stop, it hurts.