I have received over the years so much spam of this kind by multiple YC-funded companies that I now reflexively send to spam any email that mentions being YC-funded, regardless of how legitimate the email is.
Yup, this type of behavior is pretty much as I would expect and it's something I've seen since I first started posting here.
> Please tell us about a time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage:
I suspect it can be an excellent barometer of someone's:
- alignment in terms of pro-social vs. anti-social
- decision making under desperation
- "social filter": threading the line between 'interesting'/'compelling' vs. 'off-putting'/'concerning'
which are important signals for evaluating potential future C-suite executives.