ycconflict

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   by ycconflict 5y ago

   Dang didn't engage with my argument at all. He threw up a smoke screen and claimed they're not journalists (they just happen to have called the site Hacker News , but it's not really news I guess?). The parent is correct,
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   by ycconflict 5y ago

   > You're misinterpreting the word "news" in the name to mean the same thing as journalism / news reporting That's laughable, you don't get to redefine "news". It's right there in the name. I
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   by ycconflict 5y ago

   The site is literally called Hacker News . The conflict of interest of a venture capital firm running a "news" site is not even a grey area of ethical violations. It's clearly problematic, and your refusal to even acknowledg
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   by ycconflict 5y ago

   > To be clear, it would be bad if HN had to split off from YC - bad for HN, bad for YC, bad for the community here. To be clear, it would be extremely good for the community if YC and HN were not the same company. The conflict of int