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YC was nominated for a Crunchie, but please vote for Ron Conway instead.

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Just a side note; what's the need for using an url shortener in a non character count restricted environment? I really don't like clicking a link I don't know the real destination for.

If I'm not the only one who feels like this there is, in this case, unfortunately a risk that Ron has already "lost" two or more votes.

They're the only links I have. This is the way TechCrunch gives out the links for voting. Probably they do it to encourage people to use them in tweets.

With bit.ly (and j.mp) you can take

http://bit.ly/3Bxd

and turn it into

http://bit.ly/3Bxd+

and it'll give you the long link.

more importantly, it will give you a hell of a lot of data about the clicks on the link

You can go here to vote: http://crunchies2009.techcrunch.com/vote/

Analytics and retweeting?

> I really don't like clicking a link I don't know the real destination for.

Why not, when the source of the link is known? (As in this case--PG).

It is not just a matter of trusting the source, such as pg. A full URL also helps me decide whether to spend the time to visit and load the new page. User experience.

I'd vote to ban shortened URLs from HN posts and comments (edit: when full URLs are available).

Shortened urls are already banned from HN posts, mainly because spammers started to use them.

Using a url shortener shows you're "hip". If you just paste a url, people may worry you don't understand what's hot and what's not.

Of note, Ron Conway invested in YC (albeit somewhat indirectly) earlier in the year.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/y-combinator-gets-the-s...

Three YC-funded startups were also nominated for Crunchies this year. Please help them out by voting below

Looks like Posterous was also nominated for "Best Internet Application" - any reason why they're not called out too?

Oops, will fix.

Edit: fixed.

This move makes me want to vote for YC. Dilemma!

YC funded companies winning a crunchie will have a much greater impact than YC winning a crunchie, YC is already on the map. Very nice way to concede the YC vote in order to get HN readership to vote for the YC startups.

YC is not competing with their fundees (different categories), they are competing with Ron Conway, to whom PG would like to yield his support.

What's the deal with recommending Dropbox to be voted best in internet, but Posterous not? I like em both, though Dropbox is a bit better imho.

See reply to other q asking this

Wow, that's an incredibly classy gesture. Thanks to everyone on the YC team and in the YC family - it's a great culture you've built. Lots of great discussion on HN, communication, writing, and great companies. Cheers and happy holidays.

Why is the Nook on the list and not the Kindle2/DX both of which went on sale in 2009?

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