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"We're more likely to fund people we know are smart from their submissions and comments on YC Startup News." So you won't look at our votes, right?

by amichail·19y ago·8 comments·view on hn ↗

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I can't think of a better way to draw specific attention to your voting history than asking this question. ;)

It makes me a bit uncomfortable, too. YCNews is a month-long web interview. On one hand, it encourages thoughtful discussion, but on the other, it's a bit exhausting. I end up spending a lot of time crafting very short posts.

I think that's probably over-thinking it-

It's not about making a good impression to pg and his friends.. They're smart developers, and I'm sure they aren't going to turn down a team because they didn't participate in news.yc..

What YC does give is A) A user-driven techcrunch-style site, where people can discuss the nuts and bolts

B) Focus- The conversation on sites like Digg or even reddit can devolve pretty far, and people end up spamming the site. News.YC has avoided that in part, because their answers ARE "graded"

C) A chance to discuss things with other like-minded people. Out team is going to be applying to YC this summer, but even if we're not accepted, News.YC will be a good source of discussion with other people who are thinking along the same line.. Even if we had no relation to YC, I'd read/write here, if only so that I could see people's replies.

"they aren't going to turn down a team because they didn't participate in news.yc"; that goes against the quote above. I'm sure that they won't turn down a great application from a great team with a great idea. But they might use the posts to push up or down some team on the edge.

I don't write posts to look smart, but when I do write something, I am somewhat more careful than usual, yes.

Is this about upmodding the Phil Mickelson comment from the YC dinner pictures?

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=3921

No.

I just think that a lot of people would think twice about voting if that were to be considered in their YC application.

The way people vote on submissions and comments can be revealing as well, but you won't check those right?

We see them; you have to if you want to catch abuses like voting rings and sockpuppets. But I can't actually remember any votes, no.