Ask HN: What's the point of the Apply HN posts?
From time to time, I see some posts with the Apply HN tag with a sales pitch of a startup. What's the point of those tags? Is it somehow related to applying to YCombinator?
From the FAQ (link at the bottom of the page):
Can I post a job ad?
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The other kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments. They begin part-way down, then fall steadily, and only one should be on the front page at a time.