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by dang
1614 days ago
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They aren't ranked differently and YC alumni votes don't affect ranking any more than other upvotes. Most importantly, the first principle of HN moderation is that we moderate less, not more, when a YC startup (or YC itself) is involved in a story. That does not mean we don't moderate at all—but we moderate significantly less. I've written about this a ton over the years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu.... Here is a more entertaining subset: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... p.s. I'm in the middle of traveling somewhere but I'll try to come back to this thread soon and respond to the more specific claims in the OP. The claims in there that I personally have direct knowledge about (at least the ones I've had time to read so far) are false, and I agree with you that forthcomingness would be helpful. Edit: more at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30070287. |
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