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Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by abalone »

arcticbull wrote: post #258
drewda wrote: post #257

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I don't think I ever interacted with him on Twitter, but I do from time to time press the "like" button on tweets in favor of criminal justice reform, in favor of the tax measure that voters passed in San Francisco to support homeless services (and that Stripe and its investors, YC included, loathe), and some similarly "progressive" issues in the Bay Area. FWIW, I also press "like" on some number of tweets that are c…

> ... in favor of the tax measure that voters passed in San Francisco to support homeless services ... Ok come on, a tax on gross receipts is asinine. Of course low margin businesses with high volumes left. Square left, Stripe left, PayPal left. That cuts into the tax base which in turn means less revenue to help the homeless. Regardless of whether you think what they did with it was good, the actual calculus of who…

I’m old enough to remember when the Square CEO campaigned for the gross receipts tax. It was the tech industry’s idea.[1]

Bonus points for saying “hobo”!

[1] https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/SF-Citi-video-plugs-...

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by abalone »

senttoschool wrote: post #254
hellomyguys wrote: post #164

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No, I think he blocks anyone who likes a tweet that disagrees with him. Not necessarily people who are replying to him.

I really don't think he's that petty. Also, Twitter can be toxic as hell. He should block a lot of people if he wants to stay sane while using it.

He is 100% that petty. He literally mass blocks people who have simply liked or followed anyone he disagrees with, no interaction. Not an exaggeration at all.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by arcticbull »

abalone wrote: post #261
arcticbull wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> ... in favor of the tax measure that voters passed in San Francisco to support homeless services ... Ok come on, a tax on gross receipts is asinine. Of course low margin businesses with high volumes left. Square left, Stripe left, PayPal left. That cuts into the tax base which in turn means less revenue to help the homeless. Regardless of whether you think what they did with it was good, the actual calculus of who…

I’m old enough to remember when the Square CEO campaigned for the gross receipts tax. It was the tech industry’s idea.[1] Bonus points for saying “hobo”! [1] https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/SF-Citi-video-plugs-...

God I was there at the time. I’m also old enough to remember when he looked like a normal human. Although with that in mind I was referring to Prop C in 11/18.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by senttoschool »

abalone wrote: post #262
senttoschool wrote: post #254

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really don't think he's that petty. Also, Twitter can be toxic as hell. He should block a lot of people if he wants to stay sane while using it.

He is 100% that petty. He literally mass blocks people who have simply liked or followed anyone he disagrees with, no interaction. Not an exaggeration at all.

If you read his post above, he stated that he was being threatened and doxxed. I'm sure he was dragged down by a lot of negativity on Twitter so mass blocking seemed like a decent strategy.

I don't have a problem with him blocking people on Twitter at all. I actually sympathize with him. Twitter is a troll fest and he exposed his real self by getting involved in local politics. You know how "passionate" people can get when it comes to politics.

My problem with Garry isn't with his "pettiness" or Twitter blocking. It's solely with his crypto shilling.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by smcl »

jacquesm wrote: post #217
smcl wrote: post #199

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I can't do shit on Twitter: https://imgur.com/a/OBnVpUI Cool! Ok so, confirmed. Garry Tan is a sinister guy. Glad I asked here! Edit: Sorry but how is this downvoted to zero? I have done nothing except add five "likes" to Twitter and my account is now banned there. This is insane. I was pro-or-neutral-Garry at the start of this convo, he was just the Posterous guy. Now my Twitter is gone. What the hell? Edit 2: uhh s…

It could simply be that twitter is having issues. I see weird stuff as well. ("something went wrong" messages all over the place). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32644427

Yeah it seems to be just a glitch. Kinda wild to see "just like some tweets, see what happens..." and then have Twitter completely crap out.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by threeseed »

threefiftyone96 wrote: post #54

Congratulations, Garry! Huge fan of your work, especially the high-value YouTube material. One question: what does this mean for Initialized Capital?

Jason Calcanis commented about this on his recent Youtube video which was strangely enough deleted.

That it could be a massive conflict of interest situation where Garry could funnel the best YC startups into Initialized before demo-day.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by smcl »

smcl wrote: post #194
hellomyguys wrote: post #146

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From my understanding he autoblocks anyone who likes a tweet that pushes back on his political takes.

OK so I was waiting for a reply like this that explained the accusation. I read this, liked a few @garrytan replies that weren't positive and ... it appears I'm now blocked!? What the hell!!??

edit: so apparently I conducted my test at a really unfortunate time when Twitter was having some global problems. It has recovered and I am not blocked at all.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by sgpl »

garry wrote: post #3

Believe it or not, my journey to Y Combinator started similar to how you may experience YC — through being a regular lurker and reader on Hacker News. I went to Startup School, me and my cofounders applied, we got an interview, and we got in. I was an engineer, designer and PM. I'd built teams and products, but I'd never built a company. YC gave me a shot, a community, knowhow, and the ability to access capital, tale…

Congrats Garry! You're definitely an inspiration!
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