This could just be maintenance. I can't imagine its good for YC's business model to shut down sign ups.
Please tell me more about YC's business model.
Maybe they could start featuring a daily paid job posting on HN if they want revenue.
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#22That is one fancy log in page...not even a "forgot password" link.
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#23Also, OpenID has been removed. How do I login with my Google account?
You can't anymore. There was a post a few months ago that you should set a password on the site itself to be able to continue to log on in the future (future being now, since a couple of days or maybe even weeks already).
I'm glad I saw this, because I didn't have an email or password set up.
In the future, when a major feature like this is removed, it would be nice to see a banner across the top for people who will be affected.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please tell me more about YC's business model.
- Get users to sign up. - They post/comment on news items. - ???? - Profit.
- Get users to sign up for HN.
- They get engaged in the community
- They get exposed to YC classes and start ups
- Talent is attracted to joining YC
- YC continues to get best talent
- Best talent attracts more/better investors
- Increases the likelyhood of start up success in incubator
- Profit.
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#26Yeah, but if you try to comment on something, it will prompt you to create an account. Go ahead an log out of your account and try to comment on this link.
Indeed that whats I tried exactly. it also makes sense for "newslogin" page to show just that, a login.
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#27That is one fancy log in page...not even a "forgot password" link.
Its funny how defensive HN readers are. I love HN and its content but I'm just wondering why there isnt a forgot password link? Seriously...?
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#28That is one fancy log in page...not even a "forgot password" link.
Its funny how defensive HN readers are. I love HN and its content but I'm just wondering why there isnt a forgot password link? Seriously...?
I wondered that for a while, too. But there is a forgot password link, actually. You just have to enter your username and leave the password field blank, and then hit "login." You'll then be presented with a link to get a newly-generated password in an email.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please tell me more about YC's business model.
HN is mainly goodwill for YC (any VC would pay a fortune to have HN and its audience). So the parent comment seems to suggest that it's damaging to the goodwill of the site to disable signups. If this was a permanent change, I'd agree, but it may be temporary, and it's not totally disabled (you can still signup by submitting content, as someone else wrote).
vladd, while I completely agree that "HN is mainly goodwill for YC," I think potentially your subsequent parenthetical statement shows misunderstanding of a different business model, the VC model. Or, maybe it was just ambiguous language easily misinterpreted by me (and, I'd assume, others as well).
Many content-based companies would love to acquire HN and its audience (e.g. Conde Nast's Reddit acquisition). VCs would love to invest in an HN spin-out to reap returns from said investment via a sale of the entity. However, "VCs would pay a fortune to have HN and its audience," reads more like VC-as-owner/PE rather than VC as investor.
Maybe I'm digging too deep in the semantics here, but this seems to be a point that is often lost and VCs vaunted (or derided) as less investors-cum-advisors and more private equity slash-and-burn corporate raiders.
Might a VC chime in here?
*edited for spell check and readability.
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