[tptacek]

And, YC, you can be inconsistent. That's fine with me.

But when you're inconsistent, you should bear a special obligation to be generous and charitable to the people you're disadvantaging. YC didn't live up to that obligation here.

[license2e]

Sounds to me like they were generous, with their time. Kevin called him and they had a conversation... that's more than any other VC will do.

[tptacek]

"Asshole VC associate" is not the bar YC is trying to clear.