Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#1

Post by JohnnySpaghetti » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 7:49 PM UTC

Last time we had an update was on May 31:

https://blog.ycombinator.com/moving-forward-on-basic-income/

I was wondering if there are any updates that could be shared with the community.

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#2

Post by runesoerensen » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 8:41 PM UTC

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)"

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#3

Post by elliotec » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 8:46 PM UTC

runesoerensen wrote: post #2

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Does this count? It's just a query about updates on something YC posted on HN themselves. Seems allowed to me.

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#4

Post by dorianm » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 8:48 PM UTC

Maybe sending emails to the researchers and posting their answers here could be more efficient.

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#5

Post by Zombieball » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 8:49 PM UTC

runesoerensen wrote: post #2

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I think in this scenario it seems fair to post a question. What's the alternative, write a blog article asking the same and post a link to that instead?

I'm also interested in a status update given some recent news posted on HN about Finland experimenting with the same ideas.

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#6

Post by irinai13 » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 8:53 PM UTC

Zombieball wrote: post #5

runesoerensen wrote: post #2

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I think in this scenario it seems fair to post a question. What's the alternative, write a blog article asking the same and post a link to that instead? I'm also interested in a status update given some recent news posted on HN about Finland experimenting with the same ideas.

Agreed. This seems like the right way to ask for updates. Especially since other people would like to know too.

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#7

Post by kristianc » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 9:06 PM UTC

runesoerensen wrote: post #2

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

This doesn't seem in the spirit of this rule, which seems designed to prevent questions of the type 'How do I get into YC?'

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#8

Post by saycheese » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 9:27 PM UTC

runesoerensen wrote: post #2

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If YC is going to use HN to promote themselves, seems only fair to allow the community to query them via HN.

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#9

Post by fouadmatin » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 9:57 PM UTC

I don't work on YCR Basic Income, but the early steps of any experiment are pretty time consuming and not particularly interesting (e.g. logistics, experiment structure, etc...) I'd guess we can expect an update early next year with some of those details and a reflection on existing progress.

In their blogpost, they provide an email for feedback: basicincome@ycr.org

They're likely very consumed by all the work they need to do, so I'd reach out if you have some specific suggestions/asks. Otherwise, you can join me in eagerly waiting for more updates when they're ready to share them :)

Re: Ask YC: Any Updates on the Basic Income Project?

#10

Post by prawn » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 10:15 PM UTC

Zombieball wrote: post #5

runesoerensen wrote: post #2

"Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation)" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I think in this scenario it seems fair to post a question. What's the alternative, write a blog article asking the same and post a link to that instead? I'm also interested in a status update given some recent news posted on HN about Finland experimenting with the same ideas.

Alternative would be emailing them "Are you able to share any progress on the BI project? I'd bet more on HN would be keen to hear too." Project then writes a blog and someone submits to HN.

However, I can appreciate that the slight public pressure of an Ask YC making the front page might encourage quicker movement or at least a response that didn't otherwise warrant a blog post.