321–330 of 332 posts
Possible this is just a marketing piece to generate discussion? Bolt the david vs Stripe/YC the goliath of SV, reconciling traditional startup pains to a monopoly but they made it anyway... Some interesting points though, particularly the one where stripe took investment from many vcs in order to block other companies... that could've been to get access to existing networks and sell to those companies too. But I coul…
His claims about HN are false. Short version: his post was 2+ hours later than Stripe's, not an hour earlier, and fell in rank because users flagged it, not because moderators did anything (which I suppose is what his mafia/mob language was intended to imply). The longer version is going to involve a tedious barrage of links, but I want this to be something that people can check for themselves if they care to. Quotin…
I really want to read those notes you've written (I've sent you an email). Paul Graham, Patrick Collison and Vitalik Buterin all have this ability to express ideas in an extremely deep yet clear and concie way. It's one thing to do this individually, but what amazes me is their ability to scale out this communication sty;e to their entire organization. If you read any of the blog posts by YC, Stripe and the Ethereum…
I'd love to read more on this topic - how companies learn to do this, and then go about establishing it internally, so that it becomes part of their brand and culture.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reminded me of @eastdakota's tweets RE your blog: https://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/1444337534759149574 "One of the smartest decisions we made at @Cloudflare was recognizing that the primary purpose of our blog was attracting employees, not attracting customers."
Yes, and I've spent a lot of time on HN over the years answering questions about Cloudflare. So, I think the story of our success on HN is a combination of content and commitment to the community (and a slap on the wrist from @dang for being overly aggressive posting blog.cloudflare.com links).
Going back to at least 2015, YC was blocking TechCrunch from covering the 500 Startups backed.
That doesn't sound right to me at all. What is the evidence for this? I'm not part of every conversation at YC of course, but I've been in many, including many where TechCrunch was mentioned, and I never heard anything about "blocking" (that actually sounds absurd to me) or any indication that YC had power over TC. It was the other way around; YC or YC startups were always hoping that TC would cover a story and not a…
Man I wish I could be a person where the mafia would throw very mild obstacles in my way as I became a billionaire
This might not add much to this discussion in particular, but I find it interesting how much I want the big billion dollar company to be evil. This guys post and the other Stripe hate really draw me in and then of course lots of the arguments fall apart on further inspection. Is that a natural thing? Maybe a sort of robin hood feeling, like we're sticking it to the big bad rich guys? I do still have some negative fee…
If the answer is no, you are not alone. Many wealthy people - even those who are not self made - are not “big bad rich guys” as you put it.
And as such, it is not the default for poor people either.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That doesn't sound right to me at all. What is the evidence for this? I'm not part of every conversation at YC of course, but I've been in many, including many where TechCrunch was mentioned, and I never heard anything about "blocking" (that actually sounds absurd to me) or any indication that YC had power over TC. It was the other way around; YC or YC startups were always hoping that TC would cover a story and not a…
I was going through 500, and asked why TC never covered 509 Startups demo day (which was sizable and on batch 12), and a senior partner told me this. There was supposed to be some kind of deal to get a TC writer in to meet with a few companies but it never happened. At the same time there was an all out TechCrunch blitz in YC companies.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is strange and sort of answer some of the question I have had about HN. Personally I dont flag stories much, ( I wish I could look back at the history of post I flagged LOL ) I just dont vote on it. I am surprised so many people decided to flag a post just because it is Enterprisy. It may also be the case some people create account for submission, voting and flagging purposes. And only participate in minor discu…
That wasn't the case here - at least the flaggers looked legit to me, and they had long pre-histories as normal users. The thing to understand about flagging is that people mostly flag stuff when they see it on the front page and they don't feel it's good enough to be there. Different users have opposing opinions about what content counts as 'good' on HN—so some will upvote an article while others will indignantly fl…
I agree and speculate the same as well. Although I generally do upvote post that gives different opinion on the subject. In the hope that HN's view does not become monolithic.
Dang you should really write a book on how to moderate Internet discussion.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really want to read those notes you've written (I've sent you an email). Paul Graham, Patrick Collison and Vitalik Buterin all have this ability to express ideas in an extremely deep yet clear and concie way. It's one thing to do this individually, but what amazes me is their ability to scale out this communication sty;e to their entire organization. If you read any of the blog posts by YC, Stripe and the Ethereum…
Monzo is another company which does this incredibly well, and wrote a public document on it: https://monzo.com/tone-of-voice/ I'd love to read more on this topic - how companies learn to do this, and then go about establishing it internally, so that it becomes part of their brand and culture.