[willu]

There are probably ways he could have conveyed that better. Judging by the outcome, smarter people than me came to that same conclusion.

[tptacek]

Now do you see the problem with how YC chose to explain Pinboard's exclusion?

[license2e]

No, it's pretty clear

> Did he want the YCF spot, or the $20k? I don't know him, but the fact that his immediate response was "I want my twenty grand" reinforces my belief that Kevin made the right decision here.

I agree, Kevin made the right decision as well.

[tptacek]

I don't care about the decision. I care about how it was communicated.

[YuriNiyazov]

The "Kevin talked to Maciej and it didn't seem like it would work out" part seems pretty straightforward. The voting brigade thing seems dumb, but Kevin was pretty explicit that part wouldn't have mattered.