[fancy_pantser]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35567986

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44572750

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378

[squigz]

These comments from dang in 2018 are worth linking as well

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16633521

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16444556

[mosura]

It is noticeable how since covid SV takes this place dramatically less seriously, largely because it used to be the case that getting to the top here got you a lot of attention in SV, but that hasn’t been the case in years.

[squigz]

I've never worked anywhere even close to SV, so I don't know how true any of this is.

But the idea that things happen in SV because someone basically got fancy reddit upvotes is sort of concerning.

[chistev]

Wow, my initial guess would have been it's overwhelmingly full of Americans.