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I have heard that YC alums have more voting power than others.

• n2d4 2y ago
  Not true — also, why would YC alums be less likely to upvote a post about Pavel Durov getting arrested?
  • dumbfounder 2y ago
    I heard it directly from a YC alum who said he helped me push a post to the top. But this was several years ago. I didn't mean that YC alums would be less likely to upvote that particular article, but it does make the rankings much more unpredictable.
    • cft 2y ago
      Another interesting thing is why my post was so heavily downvoted. Did I touch a taboo subject?
      • dang 2y ago
        It's not taboo—this kind of repetitive meta-discussion is so common that users get tired of it and tend to flag it.
• dang 2y ago
  YC alums have never had more voting power than others. At least I don't remember any time when that was true.