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Thanks for your patience about all the (YC S12)
I realize the frontpage has been clogged with launches recently. It's because Demo Day is coming up in a few days. Every batch I tell the startups not to wait till the last minute before launching, but most always do anyway, with the result that there's a glut of launches a week before.
The good news is that the flood should be peaking about now. In the meantime, thanks for putting up with it. Although for HN readers the volume of launches probably starts to become an annoyance, for each startup that's launching it's big deal.
- dclaysmith 14y agoSo far so good. Interesting batch.
- cperciva 14y agoI don't mind seeing the launches on the front page here, but I wish I could see them all together rather than haphazardly like this. Is there any chance we could have a /yc-s12 list which has all the posts with "(YC S12)" in the title?
- dangrossman 14y agohttp://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=YC+S12&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=YC+... works pretty well
- phil 14y agoHow about this? http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=s12&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=s12...
- cperciva 14y agoThat works, but I prefer the HN list interface to the hnsearch results page.
- samstave 14y agoHa, looks like a popular request (given the current sample size anyway :) )
- seiji 14y agoI filter them out at http://diff.biz/ http://diff.biz/ -- if you change the last query param from only-show-removed=no to only-show-removed=yes then you basically get a (YC *) filter.
- vaksel 14y agoyeah, YC should have a page on their site with a list of all the funded startups sorted by batches. Maybe a small PR blurb by each startup to describe it.
- tptacek 14y agoI'm the total opposite. It might be nice to see all the launches in one place, but the relative position of each YC12 launch on the front page conveys information about the level of enthusiasm HN has. As long as nothing from Torrentfreak hits the site at the same time.
- jmduke 14y agoon a related note, it feels like anything with a (YC S12) tag in the title gets an arbitrarily high number of upvotes (ViaCycle, for example, got like 40 upvotes in around 30 minutes.) I don't mean to profane YC, but I seriously doubt an otherwise uninventive bikesharing company would get so much attention if it didn't have the S12 brand behind it.
- tptacek 14y agoI am interested to know that people are starting bikesharing companies, for whatever that's worth.
- jmduke 14y agoWhy? I don't mean that to be condescending; I really just don't get it. All of the bikeshare programs to which I've been exposed are more expensive than a bike purchase by two years of membership, and none of them (ViaCycle included) seem to mitigate the biggest issue; bike parts are theft-prone.
- Inufu 14y agoSharing a bike is cool if you need it only sometimes, like a few times a month or less. Or if you don't have space to store your own bike.
- jmduke 14y agoMy point is that most bikesharing programs I've seen average in the $50-$75/year range (ViaCycle included), and an entry-level (as in 'this won't win you any races, but you can ride it to the store') bike costs $100. The space point is apt, but I can't imagine that the space constraints for your own bike (any bike rack) is more specific than a viaCycle location.
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- frankdenbow 14y agoThe blog has most of them http://ycombinator.posterous.com/ http://ycombinator.posterous.com/
- samstave 14y agoCan we have a new link at the top of the HN page which wil take me to the: "YC Batch" section. Then all the YC launches/news can be under that one category - and the regular news feed can be about the general happenings in our industry? You could also have historical batches as well. So if I want to find out anything on YC11 - I go to their batch page?
- rdl 14y agoAll I really care about is them being very consistent with how they indicate YC in the title (so it can be searched for); always YC S11 not YC11 or YCS11 or YC Summer 2011 or S11 or whatever. At some point, having actual tags per-submission could be cool too. Sort of a stopgap on the way toward Reddit-style subreddits. Tag posts with admin, security, python, vc, ...
- opminion 14y agoFor those of us who grew up reading heavily editorialised printed press, having (voted up) news about hackers in a site called hacker news shouldn't be too painful.
- 8ig8 14y agoI actually like seeing the launch announcements, but I would prefer if they didn't come via TechCrunch. (My main opposition is that the TechCrunch website is like playing Russian Roulette with my v1 iPad. It crashes frequently.)
- rdl 14y agoLinking to tcfast.com (in HN style!) would be kind of mean to techcrunch, though :)
- 8ig8 14y agoGood point. It would be nice if Y Combinator (ycombinator.com) has some kind of semi-standard way of making these announcements then. Couldn't the companies just self-post here on HN using a common format? The next level would be a special type of posting like the help wanted posts.
- benologist 14y agoThey could just use their own blogs + HN instead of herding the traffic through AOL and only getting the scraps. I'm surprised that it's still even worth startups announcing their launch on TC, especially those with YC backing.
- MichaelApproved 14y agoI upvoted your comment but I doubt we'll stop seeing the TC announcements. There's probably an unspoken quid pro quo agreement that TC covers the launches in exchange for exclusivity and traffic from HN.
- pg 14y agoActually all the other TC-like sites will also cover a launch in return for an exclusive. The reason most people go with TC is simply that it's the default.
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- fourstar 14y agoJust put a link next to Submit: ask | jobs | YC S12
- tptacek 14y agoHave we really gotten to the point where we can assume readers on HN are annoyed by hearing about new company launches? It's sad that this warrants an apology.
- nimblegorilla 14y agoI agree. Why would any of us be annoyed by others trying to create something cool? But maybe this is also a subtle warning to non-YC companies that Demo Day participants will be hoarding all of the excitement for the next week.
- HorizonXP 14y agoYeah, I should've realized before trying post my Show HN. Looks like I'll have to wait another week or so.
- FredBrach 14y agoIt remind me an idea: ideally, pages of top news on HN should have a dynamic number of news according to "energy" (the one use for the placement algorithm). For example, the first page could contain news with "energy" from +infinity to 100, page two, from 100 to 90, page 3, from 90 to 80 etc. Because sometimes one could miss important news due to page selection, and sometimes one could read less important ones due to the current page selection again.
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- baddox 14y agoEven the biggest fan of music will be annoyed at everyone playing their new composition at the same time.
- davros 14y agoAnd its super easy to scroll past announcements that don't grab my attention.
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- staunch 14y agoI love to see them, but it is hard to keep up with so many.
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- kenferry 14y agoReally not annoying at all, they're always interesting to see.
- kaiserama 14y agoI'm curious why there isn't a place on HN where we can see the startups for each of the classes including their web site, industry, a description of their service, etc. I know there are a few resources online, but they don't seem to be kept completely up to date. Personally, I love reading about the startups and would prefer to have that information made available here in an organized fashion than having to read about them on TC or elsewhere. Anyway, no apologies necessary for me! :)
- jedc 14y agoIt's an early start (I hesitate to even talk about it here since it's such early days), but I put together Seed-DB (http://www.seed-db.com http://www.seed-db.com) for all accelerators; YC and all the rest. I'm a day or two behind on updates because of work travel, but should catch up soon.
- kaiserama 14y agoBookmarked! Thanks for putting that together, great work.
- gscott 14y agoThey likely do not have a page because each startup needs to go out and develop an audience, work at it. Try to solve problems and become popular that way. Also by not listing the startups, it makes it more mysterious. This way if a lot of startups fail, it is not like there is a list on the site or that they suddenly disappear, it would look bad. Better to celebrate success then mourn the losses.
- kaiserama 14y agoGood points for past classes, but I don't see the harm in listing the current class. On the other hand TC seems to cover them, so I'll lower my hand now :)
- RealGeek 14y agoWould it be better to post 'Show HN' with a direct link rather than Techcrunch?
- d0m 14y agoNo apology is needed.. that's among the most interesting articles of HN in my opinion. As someone else pointed out, I'd prefer to see the post from the founders rather than by Techcrunch thought.
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- Kilimanjaro 14y agoLook Paul, I know you don't want to spend time coding and upgrading this site, your time is more valuable managing your business and dealing with all the new startups coming down the pipe. But it would greatly benefit you, the startups and the readers if you had a section with all the upcoming startups, their founders bio, and a place to showcase their products. Something like crunchbase, but better. Organized by batch (YC S12). Searchable by funders, VCs, etc. We want to see what your guys are working on and give them props for their work!
- froo 14y agoThis. I've been using HN for years now (significant portions of that time as purely stalking) and I check it rarely, but I'm very interested in these startups as I've had nothing but praise for the ones who's products I do use. It would be a great help in trying out their stuff.
- Raphael 14y ago"Thanks for your patience about all the" is quite an unorthodox name for a company.
- rglover 14y agoIt's actually exciting to see all of these companies coming to fruition. If anything, it'd be nice to see an official "who's launched" list so we can check everything out.
- huhtenberg 14y agoPaul, have you considered making a formal staggered launch schedule? All of them launching at the same time makes every launch that much less remarkable.
- rokhayakebe 14y agoHey, you welcome!
- derrida 14y agoI didn't even notice.
- rjsamson 14y agoI, for one, love seeing all the new companies launching - Hacker News feels like an even livelier more vibrant place this time of year. Keep 'em coming!
- sharingancoder 14y agoWhen is demo day?
- humbyvaldes 14y agoI always found it confusing reading about all of them on the same day on techcrunch. One yc startup launching per day gives me enough attention time to learn what they are building and doing. I actually think it's a good strategy.
- netmau5 14y agoDon't worry, even if every YC company ever chartered launched today, it would not outnumber the Twitter me-too posts.