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Kind of interesting how many people don’t realize that the purpose of Hacker News was to be an advertisement for Y Combinator and their portfolio companies. Yo
by Aurornis 5mo ago
Kind of interesting how many people don’t realize that the purpose of Hacker News was to be an advertisement for Y Combinator and their portfolio companies.
You don’t see it as much these days, but YC portfolio companies can post privileged threads on this site for job listings, which in practice double as ads for the company. You’re not allowed to comment on them.
I haven’t seen one for a while because I suspect every company is already inundated with 1000 applications for every job in this market, but this is what Hacker News was for.
- frakt0x90 5mo agoI think most people know this and are fine with it. YC owns the site and advertises their stuff on it sometimes. The site itself is not trying to milk you for every penny or trying to exploit you.
- regexorcist 5mo ago> people don’t realize Y Combinator is right there in the URL. People know and don't care because it's a well run forum with interesting discussions, the privileged posts don't change that.
- scubbo 5mo ago> Y Combinator is right there in the URL Most people aren't so slavishly devoted to capital that they have memorized the names of firms.
- j_w 5mo agoJust live on /active and that stuff doesn't show up.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5mo agoWhatever the purpose was, that's not really the reality of HN as most of us experience it.