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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.

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Eh. I don't really expect every single YC company to be a bastion of moral integrity. Startups/hackers trying to disrupt industry are gonna do unconventional shit, and that might be more morally grey than usual. Also, given that YC has _thousands_ of alumni... of course there are going to be a few bad apples. The interview is literally 10 minutes long - its not like they're doing a deep character check on founders.

All that said, Dark and Prolific being kicked out of YC yet PG apparently supporting Replit is... making me wonder why the fuck PG wrote those articles.

>Startups/hackers trying to disrupt industry are gonna do unconventional shit

I'm always finding it very odd when people act like this - as if there was some super power involved.

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