I wanted to check out Crystal, but oddly enough there's no direct link, do you know if they asked for a sponsorship?
We're a 4 person company. They definitely didn't ask us to sponsor it (or I would have heard about it).
Hey, please don't have a green huge "try now" button and then put me on a page where I have to request an invite, after a queue nontheless.
Hey Luke, Just some points that may help your UX process. I don't want to share on twitter before I know what it is. What if I find out your product is terrible (obviously I'm hoping it's not or I wouldn't have bothered signing up for an invite)? If you're going to get people to request an invite put it as the text on the signup button rather than leading on with false advertising. Chances are I won't checkout your product now that you've made me wait. I'l get an email but it will be one of tens or even hundreds and I'll skip over it as I'm in my inbox to do something else and it will soon be forgotten. Rory
Thanks for the feedback. Will change. Email luke [at] crystalknows.com w/ the email you signed up with and I'll approve the request.
At the bottom of the article it says it evolved from a talk she gave, so I would guess not. The article says she used it herself, and she does mention some of the competition, so I'd just guess she's a happy customer.
You can easily spot paid placements; they don't have the “upvote” triangle next to them.
Perhaps the question was whether the article on fusion.net itself is a paid placement. It certainly reads like it.
I don't think they are paid placements, are they? I always just assumed Job Ads from YC companies got free listings?
Yeah, there aren't any paid placements on hacker news that I know of. There are job listings for YC companies that start at/near the top and work their way down over time automatically.