[dang]

We try hard not to do that. But it's tricky because many YC alumni do interesting work and/or are valued HN contributors and we certainly don't want to penalize them either.

[throwaway88775]

> We try hard not to do that. But it's tricky because many YC alumni do interesting work and/or are valued HN contributors and we certainly don't want to penalize them either.

This sounds like an admission of guilt to me.

[dang]

Of course not, and I trust most HN readers not to take it that way. We like to be open about how we approach these questions.

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goodbye.

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Wondered why this got downvoted, then noticed that the throwaway I was replying to edited his comment. The original comment was basically "I'm done with HN! Goodbye!"