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What happend to the old post?

by philipp-spiess 14y ago

railsjedi 14y ago
We got booted. Apparently YC is not amused with our idea.
- mindcrime 14y ago
  That sucks. I can't see why YC would get all up in arms over this. Not like you guys are really competing with them or belittling them or anything. This strikes me as a great thing for people who don't get into YC or who can't participate in YC for one reason or another...
  - stcredzero 14y ago
    Or one could use it as a dress rehearsal.
  - dkrich 14y ago
    I don't have any connection to YC (other than this site) but I don't agree. I think it is belittling to say "that other place that takes equity."
  - coopdog 14y ago
    I'd say they're pretty great competition The teams who finish will probably have an mvp, maybe a pivot or two, hopefully some user traction. That might be enough to get to VC's in this climate. Or even just bootstrap and own the company 100% It's also far more likely that the good teams will get sniffed out by angels at this early stage rather than giving pg a bite at the apple Having said that you're right, I think pg will want to be close to these kind of things rather than futilely trying to kill them
- deleted 14y ago
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- drpancake 14y ago
  I'd imagine its because of the similar name. YC is a brand after all.
  - jacquesm 14y ago
    No, it's a mathematical operator. What I really like about the Y-combinator name is that it is actually a really neat metaphor for venture backed / mentored start-ups. The two legs of the 'Y' symbolizing the partnership and the return value (the bottom part of the Y) the result. Very clever, it is too neat to be a co-incidence.
    - drpancake 14y ago
      I'm well aware of its CS meaning. This is a great idea and I support it, but they're clearly dining at the expense of the YC name.
- stevenj 14y ago
  It wasn't killed. Though, it probably got flagged a bunch. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265
ColinWright 14y ago
It's still there: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265 As I write this it's at position 101. I suspect that it got flagged a bunch of times by ordinary HNers who don't like the semi-appropriation of the name. It doesn't need any censorship or action from moderators - 8 to 10 flags will hammer an item way off the front page.

What happend to the old post?

railsjedi 14y ago

We got booted. Apparently YC is not amused with our idea.

mindcrime 14y ago
That sucks. I can't see why YC would get all up in arms over this. Not like you guys are really competing with them or belittling them or anything. This strikes me as a great thing for people who don't get into YC or who can't participate in YC for one reason or another...
- stcredzero 14y ago
  Or one could use it as a dress rehearsal.
- dkrich 14y ago
  I don't have any connection to YC (other than this site) but I don't agree. I think it is belittling to say "that other place that takes equity."
- coopdog 14y ago
  I'd say they're pretty great competition The teams who finish will probably have an mvp, maybe a pivot or two, hopefully some user traction. That might be enough to get to VC's in this climate. Or even just bootstrap and own the company 100% It's also far more likely that the good teams will get sniffed out by angels at this early stage rather than giving pg a bite at the apple Having said that you're right, I think pg will want to be close to these kind of things rather than futilely trying to kill them
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drpancake 14y ago
I'd imagine its because of the similar name. YC is a brand after all.
- jacquesm 14y ago
  No, it's a mathematical operator. What I really like about the Y-combinator name is that it is actually a really neat metaphor for venture backed / mentored start-ups. The two legs of the 'Y' symbolizing the partnership and the return value (the bottom part of the Y) the result. Very clever, it is too neat to be a co-incidence.
  - drpancake 14y ago
    I'm well aware of its CS meaning. This is a great idea and I support it, but they're clearly dining at the expense of the YC name.
stevenj 14y ago
It wasn't killed. Though, it probably got flagged a bunch. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265

ColinWright 14y ago

It's still there: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265 As I write this it's at position 101. I suspect that it got flagged a bunch of times by ordinary HNers who don't like the semi-appropriation of the name. It doesn't need any censorship or action from moderators - 8 to 10 flags will hammer an item way off the front page.