So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 12:14 AM UTC

j_baker wrote: post #82

enneff wrote: post #65

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Hah, this made me laugh. As if they owe anybody anything! They're the ones taking the risks with their own money; if they want to be better informed through information sharing, more power to them.

"As if they owe anybody anything! They're the ones taking the risks with their own money;" Right. And I'm sure they're all doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. They're definitely not intending to make money off of the deal. Regardless, Arrington accuses them of discussing: * How the group can act together to keep traditional venture capitalists out of deals entirely * How the group can act together to keep o…

Post by swombat » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 12:15 AM UTC

chc wrote: post #90

Alex3917 wrote: post #76

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In Arrington's defense his claims are laid out clearly without any weasel words. Either this is happening or it isn't. So while I'm pretty meh about TC as a whole, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on this one.

He didn't name a single name. If he really believed this was so certain, he could have. Unless he's trying to make them do something, the only reason to keep names out of it is because he thinks this might be libel.

Post by StavrosK » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 12:18 AM UTC

asr wrote: post #50

chaosmachine wrote: post #28

There's a quote I can't quite remember. Goes something like: "When merchants meet to discuss business, the public is rarely the beneficiary".

Was it the Adam Smith quote "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public." Why do I know that off the top of my head? Civ IV... who says games can't be educational?

Post by johnglasgow » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 12:24 AM UTC

Post by ericd » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 12:29 AM UTC

onan_barbarian wrote: post #100

cool-RR wrote: post #30

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I wouldn't take anything he says seriously. [Edit: If it wasn't clear, I meant Arrington, not Jesse]

Strange how any post that could be construed as being negative about Arrington gets down-modded by about 5 points, regular as clockwork. That being said, I think he's on the money with this one. This can only be good for YC overall. The suspicion that YC alternatives are all colluding against your startup is likely to make YC seem more attractive still, to the class of startup that would be wavering between YC and a…