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Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by gmays »

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, couldn't think of anyone better. Looking forward to where you take YC!

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by minitech »

smcl wrote: post #199
smcl wrote: post #196

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HOLY SHIT no way this is ridiculous, I just wanted to check something that sounded "crazy" and it's true. I liked about 5 anti @garrytan replies as a test and I am unable to tweet or retweet! What the fuck!!! Are you serious! Garry I pay for one of your fucking services I just wanted to check that these people were WRONG not that they were correct. What the hell.

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…

Twitter automatically bans new accounts all the time. (I’ve heard from others that contacting support helps, but I personally just gave up on getting an account.) If you want to test getting blocked, you need to do it with an established account.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by sirspacey »

dang wrote: post #167
12_throw_away wrote: post #111

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What is the difference between "shaming" and "referencing facts", exactly? I genuinely don't understand the distinction. Also, I'm commenting on YC's choice, not Garry's views. I understand if YC doesn't want to host criticism of its decisions, but you should be upfront about it. I explicit reject this idea that it's unfair to point to things people have said, even if they're screenshots. Sorry, that's just deciding…

Callout/shaming culture is a stock phrase I use to describe the sort of internet culture we don't want here [1]. Maybe the word 'shaming' isn't so applicable in this case, though I do think shaming is part of why online warriors like to preserve the worst internet traces left by those they dislike, and copy them into each fresh discussion. Re 'facts': this is a red herring. There are infinitely many facts. They don't…

I always learn from your posts dang - really appreciate this substantive explanation, informs my own thinking as we seek to build our own communities for curiosity.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by eyphka »

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! I'm one of those lurkers, and was due to your influence that I became a founder and got into YC.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by alephnan »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #130
12_throw_away wrote: post #105

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Besides the "block anyone remotely progressive" approach to social media (including industry folks like Anil Dash [1]) - he seems extremely uncivil and rude [2]. And Sam Altman has explicitly referenced his politics as a reason for this decision [3]. This gives me the impression that there's a specific political agenda being advanced at YC ... [1] https://twitter.com/anildash/status/1564285359755874304?s=20... [2] ht…

so YC is celebrating having political influence that is explicitly pro-cop, hard on crime via punishment, etc., that's lovely

Indeed. I might considering applying now.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by shaburn »

jeffbee wrote: post #210
Uhhrrr wrote: post #197

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I'm in the blocked club and have never interacted with him!

Same. It's clear there is a connected graph of follow edges all of whom were blocked by this guy. Seems he can't live outside his filter bubble. Perfect for the leader of YC, honestly.

If bias is built in, being transparent is a favor to the always fleeting time.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by shaburn »

shuckles wrote: post #122
smcl wrote: post #114

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Kinda wondering what his beef with Hamasaki was that prompted "Resign you piece of shit". Seems like this was a Board of Education person, was he that bad, like poisoning the kids school lunches? edit: sorry I realise that I may asking some stupid questions that everyone knows already. But to me Garry Tan was just the Posterous guy. I'm just a bit floored to hear that there's more to this and I'm trying to find my be…

John Hamasaki is a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco who was a former member of the police commission. He seems to advertise himself by being intentionally incendiary, making up lies like the police get paid overtime to participate (i.e. walk) in the pride parade. There is also a group of people around him who amplify his lies. I can imagine people being fed up with being the target of his harassment, which…

Is there a possibility that pragmatism may have played a bigger role than deeply ingrained philosophical and political ideologies? We are talking about a self described highly controversial and extreme political/social experiment in a local political setting that has global impacts for a variety of unrelated issues.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by grepsci »

Congrats Garry! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and views through content you put out. Thank you for also standing up for what you believe in and I share strongly in that sentiment.

As a HN lurker and YC fan, it's very exciting to see this. Bless up!

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by blast »

smcl wrote: post #199
smcl wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HOLY SHIT no way this is ridiculous, I just wanted to check something that sounded "crazy" and it's true. I liked about 5 anti @garrytan replies as a test and I am unable to tweet or retweet! What the fuck!!! Are you serious! Garry I pay for one of your fucking services I just wanted to check that these people were WRONG not that they were correct. What the hell.

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…

Whether it's a ban or a glitch, why would you blame Garry for it? He doesn't control Twitter.
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