I never really thought about it, but a succinct way of putting it would be: its a discussion board for nerds (some start up entrepreneurs). Ycombinator is a sta

I never really thought about it, but a succinct way of putting it would be: its a discussion board for nerds (some start up entrepreneurs). Ycombinator is a start-up incubator, too. Don't know that much about the history of the place. As to why I return (not been 15 years in my case probably?) is that I usually get to find out about interest new tech, what people are building and read interesting opinions from intelligent people. Not to stroke HNs ego or anything, but I think the community here probably has a higher degree of critical thinking than what you find on other platforms (especially social media). Edit: Also, welcome back! Edit 2: some wordsmithing