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How did Hacker News evolve from the discussion board for YC, to the discussion board where the first comment on any post involving a YC company is reliably someone crapping on it? What an amazing shift.

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Across the entire portfolio, most YC companies are cool are at least innocuous. But knowing that YC focuses on "the people", which includes the personality and behavior, puts extra scrutiny on the founders.

When they come across poorly it reflects on YC.

HN reliably craps on everything.

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