5 ms·
This exact same process is what kept me from applying to ycombinator this year. Asking for my Facebook url is the same considering everyone at ycombinator has w
by burningion 15y ago
This exact same process is what kept me from applying to ycombinator this year. Asking for my Facebook url is the same considering everyone at ycombinator has whatever access they need.
Raised $20k in two weeks on my own instead, for a much less percentage than ycombinator would have.
- ryguytilidie 15y agoKinda worried that you run your own business and dont understand the difference between a link to your public fb profile and the login information to your fb profile. I guess it can be explained by the fact that you came here to diss YC, why do it in any sort of logical manner when you can say something moronic instead?
- burningion 15y agoNo, what worries me is that ycombinator is very tight with Facebook, and that they may access non-public information. Facebook logs a whole lot more info than most people know. Not trying to diss ycombinator at all, just stating how I felt, I apologize.
- alasano 15y agoThat's a bit too tinfoil-hatty for me.
- davorak 15y agoNon-optional field? Did they ask for a blog url as well? Was it optional? Facebook can be used as promotional tool for a business, hence why a Facebook url could be relevant.
- emmett 15y agoYou do know that anyone can already look up your Facebook page anyway right? Y-Combinator isn't asking for you to give them access to log in as you on Facebook, they're asking for a link to your public page.
- eternalban 15y agoIs it "public" knowledge that HN user eternalban is actually Mr. X in real life? Btw, if that is not age discrimination -- "your facebook coordinates, please" -- I don't know what is .. /tongue/cheek
- marshray 15y agoSome VCs sound pretty radical, but I don't think you'll find too many who will make a startup-sized investment without actually insisting on your real life name. :-)
- SpiderX 15y agoRight, and suppose like me, you don't actually have a facebook page. I have a pretty common name. There's at least 25 people with my same name living in the same city as me. Are they going to believe me when I say I don't have a facebook account?
- EwanG 15y agoI'd be happy to rent you mine... Actually, I wonder if anyone has thought of the options of setting up "clean as a whistle" profiles to then sell to folks who need a presentable site. Tell the new boss that you usually go by an online non de plume, or use your middle name rather than your first name. Of course said service would be "For Entertainment Purposes Only"...
- rdl 15y agoYC asks for your age, too.
- pizza 15y agowouldn't tongue be in /cheek/?
- eternalban 15y ago(just saw this). Man, I labored over that order of precedence and figured (cheek (tongue (..) tongue) cheek) would map to /tongue/cheek /g
- driverdan 15y agoAsking for a URL is nothing like demanding access to the account. Anything available to the public under your profile could be found with a name search, providing it just simplifies the process.
- delinka 15y agoAsking for a URL is exactly like being too lazy to find it on your own. You want to know? Find it yourself. I'm under no obligation to assist you.
- DanBC 15y agoThey're under no obligation to fund your start up. My resumé / CV would be very short with your approach. Name: DanBC Everything else: Find it yourself. <http://duckduckgo.com/> http://duckduckgo.com/> <http://www.google.com/> http://www.google.com/>
- asmosoinio 15y agoKind of like HN software is "lazy" to turn links (http://www.google.com http://www.google.com) clickable -- there's no need for that as you can always copy&paste the address?
- staunch 15y agoSeriously doubt they'll mind at all if you leave out info you're not comfortable sharing.