Okay, so there's a large number of people here who have opinions on, or an interest in, the hiring of hackers. This seems natural -- this is after all "Hacker

Okay, so there's a large number of people here who have opinions on, or an interest in, the hiring of hackers. This seems natural -- this is after all "Hacker News" and a large number of hackers will at some point or another participate in the hiring process. This is a recurring discussion here, so we should not be surprised to see the topic come up again. Curiously enough, there's also a large number of people who have an interest in YC and companies that have received funding from YC. Bizarre, I know. So, is it really a surprise that people would want to discuss a controversial job advert posted by a YC funded company? The only disappointment is that these comments couldn't have been added to the advert posting itself. As to your karma, I think people get tired of meta-discussions / whining about why one item gets more points than another. At the very least it's off topic here.