I have a few of these posts I've written coming out over the next few months that I want people to discuss. Would you prefer I add a disclaimer at the top? Easy enough to add
The resistance to a seemingly obvious correction seems a little shady. Expecting people to dig around a site to find out your position of financial interest is not reasonable.
Such behavior is disappointing, especially from a top HN account holder.
It's too bad, because otherwise there are some interesting ideas, but TFA is lacking in good faith.
* Got paid a referral fee if I signed up
* Owned shares in the company
* Even was roommates with the founders/CEO but failed to mention it
I would trust that person less going forward.
If you want to be perceived as trustworthy, then you shouldn't say things that you have a hidden interest in saying.
Our investors (Spark, Amplify, Coil) are different to most, in that our partners are all highly technical.
Engineers, coders, CTOs who read the same research papers and attend the same technical conferences (CIDR, VLDB, SIGMOD, HYTRADBOI etc.).
In fact, that's how we met.