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It'm not sure its the business model, but that it is attached to an enourmous pile of assets/cash. That might be parsing your comment a bit, but the distinction
by 001sky 12y ago
It'm not sure its the business model, but that it is attached to an enourmous pile of assets/cash. That might be parsing your comment a bit, but the distinction is both relevant and important if you are trying to replicate it.
- Mz 12y agoThere are other business models that work (like MetaFilter -- very different model but still a business). HN is part of the Y Combinator business model in that you must have (last I checked) a Hacker News handle to fill out the application for Y Combinator. Every founder has to have their own handle. So it is a funnel and things you say here are kind of de facto part of the application. Thus, being a jackass here on a routine basis can hurt your chances of getting in. For other people, who have no plans to apply to Y Combinator, there is still, yes, a lot of money of the table for many people. Also, because it is part of their business model, they now have a full time paid moderator, something boards done out of the goodness' of someone's heart cannot afford. The difference in quality shows.
- j2kun 12y agoI think a good thing to hope for in starting the proposed community would be that enough researchers and graduate students pay attention that being a jackass could affect your academic career in similar ways (less likely to get a postdoc or grant, etc., if someone on the committee knows your reputation).