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To prevent every one of those posts from becoming a general discussion about the company that's hiring.
by jstx1 4y ago
To prevent every one of those posts from becoming a general discussion about the company that's hiring.
- willio58 4y agoI get this, but it's also antithetical to hackernews to post something and not be able to comment. It's as if job postings should stay in https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs and never show on the front page.
- colinmhayes 4y agoHacker news exists as a way to advertise for y combinator. Advertising for y combinator companies seems like the opposite of antithetical to hacker news.
- teddyh 4y agoHN is a community of people. A community always exists to serve the community. Even if YC created the community, YC does not own it, and if YC were to become egregious, the community would move elsewhere to better serve itself.
- colinmhayes 4y agoYC pays the hosting costs. They employ multiple moderators. This is their website, not the communities.
- teddyh 4y agoThe website belongs to YC, but the community does not belong to either.
- boredemployee 4y agowhen money is at play, there's always an execption my friend