there is absolutely no way those are all thinking of applying to YC one day I said might apply. If each of those 23000 members thought that there was even a 1

there is absolutely no way those are all thinking of applying to YC one day I said might apply. If each of those 23000 members thought that there was even a 1% chance they would apply to YC someday, I'm sure they would think twice about posting that Admiral Akbar ascii and a funny quote in a comment on HN when they probably do it all the time on Digg and Reddit.