This happens from time to time. Threads critical of, or problematic for y combinator companies or affiliated companies are killed without warning or explanation

This happens from time to time. Threads critical of, or problematic for y combinator companies or affiliated companies are killed without warning or explanation. Pg has to protect his assets I guess. This is capitalism after all. This is what is meant by having contacts and influence in the industry. Pulling strings and all that. One of the most oft cited advantages of being part of yc is being able to call pg for favors, I imagine that includes having threads killed on here. EDIT: actual job ads can probably be killed by the companies who posted them, however I have seen multiple user submitted links killed in this context, including one I posted myself. EDIT2: for reference, here is the link i posted that got killed when near the top of the front page: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com we were having a nice discussion about how the top search term referer for reddit is "jailbait" then boom, dead. The motivation for having that one killed isn't hard to see. I'll see if i can find the link to the thread itself...