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If that is the best example you can find of this theoretical phenomenon, I don't see why you'd bother dredging up such a load of nothing.
by chc 14y ago
If that is the best example you can find of this theoretical phenomenon, I don't see why you'd bother dredging up such a load of nothing.
- SilasX 14y agoIt doesn't bother you that "YC 'XX" appears on every article about a nascent company regarding good news, then gits stripped from the title when one of them appears to be dicking over its customers?
- chc 14y agoNo, it does not. The (YCwhatever) doesn't even get slapped on all stories about YC companies. There is a rather large difference between the ones it goes on and an attempt to contact the company through HN, and I don't see any evidence that the sole differentiator is positivity. But even if it were, not including it in the title of negative articles on HN would hardly be the same thing as removing any mentions of their association with YC.
- gamblor956 14y agoIt does, but this is the YC discussion board. They don't promise to be unbiased in their treatment of YC companies on this board.
- swombat 14y agoWakemate would probably be a better example of a YC disaster. Didn't quit run away with its customers' money, but had some serious PR and internal problems...