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You would do that. You're so unethical. Remember when you covered up uBiome? https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?query=ubiome https://www.ycombinator.com/com
by cactusplant7374 11mo ago
You would do that. You're so unethical. Remember when you covered up uBiome?
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?query=ubiome https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?query=ubiome
- dang 11mo agoOf course we didn't: YC-backed uBiome is basically Theranos-lite - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30899352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30899352 - April 2022 (173 comments) SF poop-testing startup, once compared to Theranos, charged in $60M fraud scheme - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26531087 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26531087 - March 2021 (380 comments) UBiome Offices Searched by FBI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19760449 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19760449 - April 2019 (56 comments) Many more: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=ubiome&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... The interesting thing is why this (false) accusation appears now, years later. I don't recall people saying it at the time, which makes sense because it was obviously untrue.
- cactusplant7374 11mo agoYou removed it from the directory. Not very honest, is it? Also, how is criticizing Aaron Swartz off topic? The other commenter brought it up. No one made him commit suicide but HN has a boner for this guy like he's a victim.
- dredmorbius 11mo agoThe YC directory is a YC feature, not an HN one. I'm pretty certain HN mods (dang, tomhow) have no direct influence over that, though they might care how inclusion/exclusion of investment embarrassments reflects on HN itself. HN itself clearly hasn't shied away from critical coverage of that venture. Your other argument shows a distinct lack of empathy and a certain disregard for facts of the matter.