Ask HN: does HN do ads now?

3 points·adityar··6 comments

http://imgur.com/o2bEx6g - how did 42 floors do this?

You must be new here... YC companies can post job listings. In fact, YC companies usually get on the front page, not because of any sort of shenanigans/favoritism with HN's ranking, but simply because whenever a YC company posts a story, people at other YC companies will upvote it to help each other out.

I'm not saying it's wrong, but the fact that only YC companies can post jobs here is the very definition of favoritism. I'm also pretty sure that their posts go straight to the front page without needing any upvotes.

Uh.... This is news.ycombinator.com. This is YC's site, not mine, not yours.

Their job listings go straight to number 1 and decay at a fixed rate. Other postings (links/text) are subject to the normal submission ranking formula.

If PG allowed anyone and everyone to post job ads, even for a fee, the front page would quickly be entirely saturated with job posts.

42 Floors is a Y Combinator funded company and as such is allowed to post job listings on here for the HN crowd to peruse.

Considering that we use this site for free (unless you count the fact that we ARE the content) it's a small price to pay, especially if the alternative could be paid advertisements.

Click the "jobs" link at the top next to the "submit" link. You'll see the same posting. It is a YC-backed company.

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