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I may have ruined my chance of ever being backed by YC in the future. This is probably not considered On-Topic for HN, but posting about it here just feels app

I may have ruined my chance of ever being backed by YC in the future. This is probably not considered On-Topic for HN, but posting about it here just feels appropriate.

Log_out_ 2y ago
Hypo critical damage?
kylehotchkiss 2y ago
There are plenty of other nice VCs who won't block you for a random tweet. Maybe this works in your favor :)
- davidmurdoch 2y ago
  Haha, very true. I don't think I'll ever seek VC again. I just don't see myself going back to full-time grind a founder of a start up requires. Though I doubt he'll remember me even if I did. Now what I really want to know is if quoting the guidelines is what made him block me, or saying that I didn't know who he was, that did the trick. (I'll admit here that I did know who he was, I just thought he was coming off as a self-important dilettante, and that saying I didn't know would make for a mildly humorous tweet).
xyzzy4747 2y ago
Telling someone "you should learn..." is patronizing and can lead to blocking a good portion of the time.
- davidmurdoch 2y ago
  Yeah, good point. I hadn't considered that part for being a reason for being blocked!
  - smegsicle 2y ago
    perhaps neurodivergent people should reveal such before publicly accusing anyone else of violating social norms something like '\d' at the end of the post, to help the audience understand the context
    - davidmurdoch 2y ago
      I dunno, I just don't think that's enforceable \d
remram 2y ago
What is the strongest plausible interpretation of Mike Lee's xenophobic tweet?
- davidmurdoch 2y ago
  When he was talking about Americans not voting in other countries Mike meant only when they are a noncitizens of that country. I couldn't imaging anyone truly interpreting his words to mean "If you have citizenship in American and another country you can't now only vote in America", which I think was what Paul was saying Mike meant (I can't see Paul's exact Tweet anymore after being blocked). The tweet is poorly worded, but you know... it's just Twitter, er, X.
  - throwaway89201 2y ago
    > I can't see Paul's exact Tweet anymore after being blocked https://xcancel.com/atdavidmurdoch/status/1829200559108509861 https://xcancel.com/atdavidmurdoch/status/182920055910850986... > I may have ruined my chance of ever being backed by YC in the future. If anything, this reactionary boring thread ruined that chance.
    - davidmurdoch 2y ago
      > I may have ruined my chance of ever being backed by YC in the future. was tongue in cheek, as I don't have any desire to start a start up. > If anything, this reactionary boring thread ruined that chance. I thought it was funny, not boring. It got more upvotes in the 45 minutes it wasn't flagged than any other post in the same time frame. But to each their own, I guess.
  - cherry_tree 2y ago
    No the tweet is flatly wrong and xenophobic. https://www.usa.gov/who-can-vote https://www.usa.gov/who-can-vote > Who cannot vote? > Non-citizens, including permanent legal residents, cannot vote in federal, state, and most local elections. But even if it wasn’t wrong, the idea behind it is un-American. A country founded on the principle of no taxation without representation which taxes people within its borders while allowing them no voice in that taxation.
7e 2y ago
You can do better than YC. It's a sweatshop hoping to turn out lottery winners by funding naive founders and their half-baked ideas, hoping they find something successful. Don't be a serf.
yimmothathird 2y ago
Evil people involved in that organization anyway.
tptacek 2y ago
Can I just say, with respect, that you are not giving off a lot of "I was headed for YC" energy in the first place? Substitute whatever you want for "YC", and bear in mind that for virtually everybody reading this thread that you started here, this is literally all they know about you. Somebody you don't know said something on Twitter you didn't like, you popped up in their mentions, they blocked you, and now you've tried to spin up an HN thread about. You're kind of giving off "OMG, I'm never going to wash this Twitter thread again" vibes.
- davidmurdoch 2y ago
  That was tongue in cheek. I'm sorry I didn't make it clear that replying to Paul, and posting that he blocked me here was intended to be humorous and I just enjoyed the irony. Even though most seem to have not gotten my intent (I don't blame them, I did a very poor job setting it), I've still enjoyed most of the discussions that have come from it though! I do think you're extrapolating incorrectly, as many here have, but that is, at least in part, my fault, for not being clear that my intent was just to have some fun, not desperation or blame. I think of Twitter as a place for memes and trolls, and didn't stop to think that people really care about the words people say there. But thank you for your thoughtful and constructive feedback. Honestly. You seem genuine and kind.

I may have ruined my chance of ever being backed by YC in the future. This is probably not considered On-Topic for HN, but posting about it here just feels appropriate.

Log_out_ 2y ago

Hypo critical damage?

kylehotchkiss 2y ago

There are plenty of other nice VCs who won't block you for a random tweet. Maybe this works in your favor :)

davidmurdoch 2y ago
Haha, very true. I don't think I'll ever seek VC again. I just don't see myself going back to full-time grind a founder of a start up requires. Though I doubt he'll remember me even if I did. Now what I really want to know is if quoting the guidelines is what made him block me, or saying that I didn't know who he was, that did the trick. (I'll admit here that I did know who he was, I just thought he was coming off as a self-important dilettante, and that saying I didn't know would make for a mildly humorous tweet).

xyzzy4747 2y ago

Telling someone "you should learn..." is patronizing and can lead to blocking a good portion of the time.

davidmurdoch 2y ago
Yeah, good point. I hadn't considered that part for being a reason for being blocked!
- smegsicle 2y ago
  perhaps neurodivergent people should reveal such before publicly accusing anyone else of violating social norms something like '\d' at the end of the post, to help the audience understand the context
  - davidmurdoch 2y ago
    I dunno, I just don't think that's enforceable \d

remram 2y ago

What is the strongest plausible interpretation of Mike Lee's xenophobic tweet?

davidmurdoch 2y ago
When he was talking about Americans not voting in other countries Mike meant only when they are a noncitizens of that country. I couldn't imaging anyone truly interpreting his words to mean "If you have citizenship in American and another country you can't now only vote in America", which I think was what Paul was saying Mike meant (I can't see Paul's exact Tweet anymore after being blocked). The tweet is poorly worded, but you know... it's just Twitter, er, X.
- throwaway89201 2y ago
  > I can't see Paul's exact Tweet anymore after being blocked https://xcancel.com/atdavidmurdoch/status/1829200559108509861 https://xcancel.com/atdavidmurdoch/status/182920055910850986... > I may have ruined my chance of ever being backed by YC in the future. If anything, this reactionary boring thread ruined that chance.
  - davidmurdoch 2y ago
    > I may have ruined my chance of ever being backed by YC in the future. was tongue in cheek, as I don't have any desire to start a start up. > If anything, this reactionary boring thread ruined that chance. I thought it was funny, not boring. It got more upvotes in the 45 minutes it wasn't flagged than any other post in the same time frame. But to each their own, I guess.
- cherry_tree 2y ago
  No the tweet is flatly wrong and xenophobic. https://www.usa.gov/who-can-vote https://www.usa.gov/who-can-vote > Who cannot vote? > Non-citizens, including permanent legal residents, cannot vote in federal, state, and most local elections. But even if it wasn’t wrong, the idea behind it is un-American. A country founded on the principle of no taxation without representation which taxes people within its borders while allowing them no voice in that taxation.

7e 2y ago

You can do better than YC. It's a sweatshop hoping to turn out lottery winners by funding naive founders and their half-baked ideas, hoping they find something successful. Don't be a serf.

yimmothathird 2y ago

Evil people involved in that organization anyway.

tptacek 2y ago

Can I just say, with respect, that you are not giving off a lot of "I was headed for YC" energy in the first place? Substitute whatever you want for "YC", and bear in mind that for virtually everybody reading this thread that you started here, this is literally all they know about you. Somebody you don't know said something on Twitter you didn't like, you popped up in their mentions, they blocked you, and now you've tried to spin up an HN thread about. You're kind of giving off "OMG, I'm never going to wash this Twitter thread again" vibes.

davidmurdoch 2y ago
That was tongue in cheek. I'm sorry I didn't make it clear that replying to Paul, and posting that he blocked me here was intended to be humorous and I just enjoyed the irony. Even though most seem to have not gotten my intent (I don't blame them, I did a very poor job setting it), I've still enjoyed most of the discussions that have come from it though! I do think you're extrapolating incorrectly, as many here have, but that is, at least in part, my fault, for not being clear that my intent was just to have some fun, not desperation or blame. I think of Twitter as a place for memes and trolls, and didn't stop to think that people really care about the words people say there. But thank you for your thoughtful and constructive feedback. Honestly. You seem genuine and kind.