since you dont know whats happening, perhaps "is Justin.tv spamming HackerNews" would be a better title. I think comments were disabled because they generally

since you dont know whats happening, perhaps "is Justin.tv spamming HackerNews" would be a better title. I think comments were disabled because they generally diverged straight into discussion on the nature of the companies in question. and I think its completely reasonable for yc companies to use their own "forum" to advertise jobs directly to a community that probably has more well suited applicants than any other around. In fact I think its more than reasonable, imo its a healthy and positive thing.