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There are probably ways he could have conveyed that better. Judging by the outcome, smarter people than me came to that same conclusion.
by willu 10y ago
There are probably ways he could have conveyed that better. Judging by the outcome, smarter people than me came to that same conclusion.
- tptacek 10y agoNow do you see the problem with how YC chose to explain Pinboard's exclusion?
- license2e 10y agoNo, it's pretty clear > Did he want the YCF spot, or the $20k? I don't know him, but the fact that his immediate response was "I want my twenty grand" reinforces my belief that Kevin made the right decision here. I agree, Kevin made the right decision as well.
- tptacek 10y agoI don't care about the decision. I care about how it was communicated.
- YuriNiyazov 10y agoThe "Kevin talked to Maciej and it didn't seem like it would work out" part seems pretty straightforward. The voting brigade thing seems dumb, but Kevin was pretty explicit that part wouldn't have mattered.