LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator

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Post by bqe » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:01 PM UTC

LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator
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Post by arkitaip » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:07 PM UTC

They are so thin-skinned and cancellation happy when it comes to their own reputation.

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Post by jollybean » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:10 PM UTC

They should have asked him to take it down, or re-phrase it to be more polite about it. Booting someone over that seems kafkaesque, like there's a lot to hide.

Especially if he was being factual, there's an element of legit whistle-blowing there, it's a bad look, YC.

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Post by pokstad » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:10 PM UTC

I’m also surprised how many people bragged about jumping ahead in line when elderly people with much higher mortality rates were still waiting for theirs. At least keep it to yourself.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:12 PM UTC

pokstad wrote: post #4

I’m also surprised how many people bragged about jumping ahead in line when elderly people with much higher mortality rates were still waiting for theirs. At least keep it to yourself.

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Post by kumarski » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:13 PM UTC

Bookface posts are confidential by design.

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Post by version_five » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:14 PM UTC

The behavior he's calling out is obviously abhorrent. But isn't this more due to him airing dirty laundry in public? If this is his last recourse after consulting internally to try and deal with this, then I get it. But there is definitely a trend (maybe not by him) of people running to social media with their complaints before discussing them with those involved. If that is the case i would understand his being sanctioned.

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Post by nostromo » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:14 PM UTC

Kicked out today for a tweet from March? Why such a long delay?

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Post by H8crilA » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:17 PM UTC

kumarski wrote: post #6

Bookface posts are confidential by design.

By "design" of human nature the only really confidential communication is 1:1 verbal. And even that can be easily recorded. Kinda funny to see people not understand this simple fact over and over again.

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Post by minimaxir » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 10:18 PM UTC

The person who the original tweet was referring to (it's not private; they admitted it), just tweeted a GIF about "witnessing karma".

https://twitter.com/Prafulfillment/status/140093402468041523...

EDIT: Reply on HN by the author: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27400221