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HN highlights your username in orange to indicate that you're a YC founder, and shows that you're a founder of Octolane on your profile. Disingenuous comments l
by dickfickling 3y ago
HN highlights your username in orange to indicate that you're a YC founder, and shows that you're a founder of Octolane on your profile. Disingenuous comments like this on a forum like HN are strongly discouraged.
- the_only_law 3y ago> HN highlights your username in orange to indicate that you're a YC founder Huh? The username looks like any other to me. The only other color I ever see is green for new accounts.
- dickfickling 3y agoah i think it's a feature for YC founders to identify each other, might not be on for everyone
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoInteresting hadn’t heard of this hidden feature. No, ordinary users of the site cannot see this.
- dang 3y agoIt's in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html. HN gives three features to YC: job ads (see above) and startup launches get placed on the front page, and YC founder names are displayed to other YC alumni in orange.