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0 pointsdang5y ago0 comments

Yes, it would be against the rules at the top of the Who Is Hiring threads.

We moderate HN less, not more, when YC or a YC startup is involved [1]. That's why the OP has been at #1 all day - normally we downweight indignation posts at least a little, to compensate for the default tendency to massively upvote them, but we haven't touched this thread in any way. I don't think we'd take that so far as to selectively turn off the Who Is Hiring rules, though. It would set a confusing precedent.

[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

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swyx5y ago· 1 in thread

im very glad that negative coverage of a YC startup is so highly upvoted on HN. we still only have your word for it, but thank you for doing what you can to err on the side of caution when it comes to YC startups.

cutemonster5y ago

> only have your word for it,

Plus one of the most upvoted topics ever, 4k votes is a lot.

Btw, indicates that it's one good that HN otherwise downweights indignation posts.

cwkoss5y ago

Thanks for the reply - I definitely won't then. I didn't realize replit was a YC company, and understand the value in keeping Who's Hiring threads clean from criticism - could lead to interesting discussion but at the expense of distracting from the purpose of the thread.

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