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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299605 .
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“Spray and pray” is a deliberately belittling term for an approach that YC largely pioneered and has delivered outsized returns over two decades. There’s no “pray” about it. YC partners work incredibly hard to attract and select the most pr
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Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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Link updated, thanks!
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People were saying that about YC in 2009, when Airbnb and Stripe were funded. YC’s philosophy has always been to invest in a great many companies, accepting that you can’t know in advance which will succeed, most will fail, but the ones tha
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We consider multiple factors when deciding which thread should be retained. One of them is whether there is already an active discussion taking place, and another is the submission history of the submitter; we try to share the love around a
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289112 .
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Yes, we've buried the submission, because it seems there's no paywall workaround.
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Don't abuse others like this on HN, no matter how wrong or upsetting their comment. It doesn't undo what they've written and only makes the place more mean. Just flag the comment and if it's especially upsetting, you can
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Please don't do that. Email us instead (hn@ycombinator.com) and we'll review.
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The software detects when an identical URL is submitted and will mark it as a duplicate (with certain conditions like how recently it was last submitted and whether it had any front page time and discussion). When similar URLs or different
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270726 .
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270726 .
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We just don’t want denunciatory rhetoric like “is where I stopped reading” or “this guy should re-read what he puts out” or “ridiculous”. If someone is wrong just point out where they’re wrong. Educate us, don’t fulminate.
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by tomhow 2mo ago
Please don't post grouchy comments like this on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261514 .
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Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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Fixed, thanks!
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> Brother ... lmao Please omit swipes and patronizing barbs in comments on HN, no matter how right you are or feel you are. It doesn't make your argument seem stronger, but rather makes you seem like a jerk and makes the whole place
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We can only moderate HN according to the guidelines, not in service of any side or position. We don’t “allow” or “disallow” posts for or against any argument, and it’s important that this is a place where all points of view can be represent
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Please stop. If you keep this up we'll have to ban the account. Please take a moment to read the guidelines and make an effort to participate in the intended spirit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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We've banned this account.
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We've banned this account for repeatedly attacking fellow community members and refusing multiple appeals from us to stop.
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It's so notable how people who try to attack HN often have very little idea of its character. HN has not been heavily frequented by startup founders hunting VC money for at least 15 years.
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Please don't post flamebait or engage in ideological battle on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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We've banned this account.
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We've added that URL to the thread header. We don't make a gift link the primary URL because we always want that to be the canonical URL for the article. But it's good to have a variety of options for paywall workarounds.
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I've added the archive.is link to the thread header. > It's not forbidden to post paywalled links on HN, AFAIK. The FAQ states that it's fine to post paywalled links as long as there is a workaround that everyone can easil
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Please don't post snarky comments like this on HN. We've wrestled with this for a long time and have settled on the least worst solution: paywalled articles are only allowable if there's an easy workaround that everyone acces
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We've banned this account for continually posting inflammatory comments and ignoring our requests to stop. The guidelines require us to be kind, to avoid flamebait, and to comment without sneering/snark among other things. If you

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