I feel like such a youngin ;) I know that I was reading Reddit at the time, but I think I read about News.ycombinator on another site - Perhaps Techcrunch? On

I feel like such a youngin ;) I know that I was reading Reddit at the time, but I think I read about News.ycombinator on another site - Perhaps Techcrunch? One of the things that really flavored the early community was that many (most?) of the members were also applicants to YC, so were both a) very interested in startups, and b) all trying to be on their best behavior. I recall at the time being concerned anytime a post didn't get at least 5 votes, because it meant that I likely wasn't contributing to the conversation substantively enough. The site's flavor has changed a lot over time - From YC applicants, to general Startup News, to a more broad Hacker News, but it's still one of my favorite communities.