[vishalkgupta]

Hey HN! I'm Vishal. One of the team members behind WedWell(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11441020).

We're somewhere in the top group of entries with 43 points. I wanted to say that regardless of whether or not we get selected, we really appreciated the ideas and exposure that came from our discussions on HN. A handful of our first clients named HN as the reason why they came to us! Some of the ideas discussed are already being planned for our service. We applied to YC the regular way, and didn't get in. This way we got a bunch of feedback and some traction. Net positive for us.

Dang asked above how best to sift through the applications to give the community final say. I was reading through some of the ideas posted here on how to do that, the one that seem to resonate here with me was the one abhi3 posted above. I'm just worried that a public vote is easily gamed.

Another way to do this is to select the top 10, and get the YC partners (or some trusted groups within YC - perhaps the last group of YC alum?) to vote on the list of 10. I think it would be nice to see what the end vote looks like (release the vote count), and have select YC partners provide some quick feedback for those who are voted on.

Thanks again.

[ryderj]

Jack from wantobuy here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11477823 - also somewhere on the first page - I agree with you Vishal and abhi3.

Moreover, we were rejected the standard YC way too but have got some really great feedback from the HN community which we're implementing already!

I just think the whole Apply HN buzz fizzled out, favouring those that got in on day 1..we were about a week late..

[theuttick]

I am curious as to why you may have been rejected. Seems like a decent idea and you guys are programmers. Do you have a MVP yet?

[abhi3]

I think limiting voting to accounts with say, minimum 10 karma will get rid of almost all fake voting.

[vishalkgupta]

My gut feeling is that YC wouldn't want to some how alienate those with low karma points, but they could do something like only allow those to vote who have commented on Apply HN posts (or something along those lines).