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Or, the intention of having Scribd links is to boost SEO for and awareness of Scribd, thus increasing the value of Y Combinator's equity stake.

• regularfry 14y ago
  This is news.ycombinator.com. I don't begrudge that.
  • jfb 14y ago
    It wouldn't bug me if it didn't decrease the utility of the PDF links. EDIT: as pointed out below, it doesn't. Belay this comment.
    • corin_ 14y ago
      It doesn't. If you don't want to see Scribd then don't click on the "[Scribd]" - the rest of the title takes you straight to the PDF itself.
      • jfb 14y ago
        Well, blow me over. How did I miss that? Thanks.