> I charge you a one-time payment of $375, and you get access to my community
It basically invalidates the entire post. Maybe some good points were made about investing in general but they should be delivered by someone who doesn't run an Andrew Tate style self-help scheme, and shouldn't be advertised in the very post criticizing YC of being inauthentic.
YC is infinitely more prestigious and well-connected than this guy's $375 program - and how dare he talk about YC coming after my "personal economy" when he's charging $375 for "access to a community". Last I checked HN is free and I bet there's a lot more valuable info here than that self-help nightmare forum.
Furthermore, we know YC is exclusive. But the fact that YC is so Ivy League and startup focused is also why HN is not just a random subreddit, or some Twitter hatefluencer pyramid scheme.