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You 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

by emmett 15y ago

You 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 ago
Is 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 ago
  Some 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 ago
  Right, 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 ago
    I'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 ago
  YC asks for your age, too.
- pizza 15y ago
  wouldn'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
- emmett 15y ago
  Um, you're applying to be FUNDED by YC. They are going to meet you in person. You are going to be talking with them about your entire background. And somehow it's a problem that they'd get to see your public Facebook page? I just don't understand this attitude at all.
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You 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

by emmett 15y ago

eternalban 15y ago
Is 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 ago
  Some 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 ago
  Right, 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 ago
    I'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 ago
  YC asks for your age, too.
- pizza 15y ago
  wouldn'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
- emmett 15y ago
  Um, you're applying to be FUNDED by YC. They are going to meet you in person. You are going to be talking with them about your entire background. And somehow it's a problem that they'd get to see your public Facebook page? I just don't understand this attitude at all.
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