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.
Ah, I assumed that the job listings were paid.
Perhaps the question was whether the article on fusion.net itself is a paid placement. It certainly reads like it.