Y Combinator is prohibited

#1

Post by vnuk » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 10:59 AM UTC

I've been reading HN for couple of months now and I'm really happy with the news that people subit etc. Also, I'm working in my own startup for around two years now and doing just fine :)

Recently I've sent a link to YCombinator's HN to all my friends and one of them (who works in multinational bank) replied to me with this:

IWSS Security Event Access to the URL http://news.ycombinator.com/news is currently restricted because it belongs to the Company Prohibited Sites category group.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#2

Post by CalmQuiet » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 11:57 AM UTC

Perhaps the bank wishes to avoid brain-drain... and hopes to prevent its IT people from discovering more enlightened employment opportunities in more open parts of the world economy? :/

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#3

Post by trickjarrett » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:06 PM UTC

I expect it was the use of 'Hacker' in the page content and meta tags.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#4

Post by thelonecabbage » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:08 PM UTC

perhaps the staggering volume of content to keep up with on HN is proving a distraction to their workers.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#5

Post by andr » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:13 PM UTC

Try http://hackerne.ws/ or http://icombinator.net/ or use your phone.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#6

Post by brentr » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:25 PM UTC

Shouldn't these people be working when they are at work?

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#7

Post by RandomPersona » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:32 PM UTC

brentr wrote: post #6

Shouldn't these people be working when they are at work?

If you're honestly asking this question, I think you've missed the point of a lot of what's said here on HN.

You might even want to pick up a copy of "The Hacker Ethic" by Pekka Himanen.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#8

Post by tom » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:33 PM UTC

brentr wrote: post #6

Shouldn't these people be working when they are at work?

Yes, they should. That said, lunch / coffee break HN is something I look forward to. I get to keep up on with (some parts) of the startup world and generally learn something new every day. Of course my optometrist would freak if he knew I was using my break time to read HN ...

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#9

Post by bvttf » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:34 PM UTC

trickjarrett wrote: post #3

I expect it was the use of 'Hacker' in the page content and meta tags.

That's what happened here, it was even blocked as category: hacking. Only lasted about a week, though. Comforting in a way that they had a human check.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

#10

Post by fiaz » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 12:35 PM UTC

andr wrote: post #5

Try http://hackerne.ws/ or http://icombinator.net/ or use your phone.

didn't know those existed...are those owned/operated by PG?