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This is a website run by a venture capitalist org, ycombinator.

• amelius 5y ago
  Yes, and they called it "hacker news".
  • 0des 5y ago
    Believe it or not, at the time, the term had a different connotation
  • throw_m239339 5y ago
    I always thought is was about "growth hacking"? No?
    • desas 5y ago
      Nope. I'm not sure that growth hacking was even a term then. It refers to hacking as in messing about with technology to do exciting, fun, unexpected or novel things
  • Semiapies 5y ago
    And it was almost called "Startup News".
    • corin_ 5y ago
      Not just almost, it originally was called that https://web.archive.org/web/20070405175109/https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070405175109/https://news.ycom...