What has happened to YC?

Multiple recent companies are making the rounds with clear unethical behavior: Repl.it, TripleByte, Lambda School. A founder seems to be unreasonably kicked from bookface. Meanwhile PG and friends show support for these actions while waxing on about how they are extremely particular about the moral compass of founders.

Wow. Unbelievable. This whole situation is so depressing. By supporting the CEO, is PG arguing that some employee from Facebook couldn't leave the company and make a better social media? This is such a stupid idea that I am almost believing that maybe I am misunderstanding my opponents. If an ex-employee declared his intent to build a similar product to my company, I would probably feel threatened, but in no way I would make any move to avoid that, otherwise I could be correctly labeled as a selfish loser. It's society that will ultimately lose if such an enterprise is faced with legal adversaries. The correct response is to continue building a better product. Fuck non-competitive agreements. People should be free to pursue their passion and what they enjoy doing.

PG will say what he needs to say for his investments to pan out. He’s even written a desperate essay on Mighty’s behalf when their reception was less than stellar. I wouldn’t read into his opinions that much.

No, I think this is unfair. I "like" most Twitter replies that make me think, even if I personally don't like it. Unless pg has said something, we can't infer any intent from a button.

Well, you can, of course. But I wouldn't bet money you're right.

It'd be interesting to know what pg thinks, since he vouched for Amjad in the first place. But the whole "X liked Y, so X endorses Z" is highly suspect logic, to put it mildly.