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Greg Isenberg's viral tweet about VC that fell asleep during a pitch kicked off a bunch of other tweets about weird VC experiences this week: https://x.com/gre

• dang 3mo ago
  Oh thanks! I'll add these to the toptext.
  • nailer 3mo ago
    Can you please fix the URL? HN policy is to link to the canonical site rather than an archive service, which I’m sure you are aware of. Thanks!
    • dang 3mo ago
      Which URL?
      • nailer 3mo ago
        These ones: https://x.com/dunkhippo33/status/2062768969560510486 https://x.com/dunkhippo33/status/2062768969560510486 https://x.com/typesfast/status/2062791307094048937 https://x.com/typesfast/status/2062791307094048937 https://x.com/awxjack/status/2062605286683336757 https://x.com/awxjack/status/2062605286683336757 https://x.com/travisk/status/2062224472426365045 https://x.com/travisk/status/2062224472426365045 https://x.com/mark_cummins/status/2062293061426663612 https://x.com/mark_cummins/status/2062293061426663612 Which were replaced with non-canonical URLs: https://xcancel.com/dunkhippo33/status/2062768969560510486 https://xcancel.com/dunkhippo33/status/2062768969560510486 https://xcancel.com/typesfast/status/2062791307094048937 https://xcancel.com/typesfast/status/2062791307094048937 https://xcancel.com/awxjack/status/2062605286683336757 https://xcancel.com/awxjack/status/2062605286683336757 https://xcancel.com/travisk/status/2062224472426365045 https://xcancel.com/travisk/status/2062224472426365045 https://xcancel.com/mark_cummins/status/2062293061426663612 https://xcancel.com/mark_cummins/status/2062293061426663612 Apparently by you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420245
        • dang 3mo ago
          Ah, I see. I actually originally posted the x.com links but plenty of HN users can't read Twitter threads that way, so we usually try to provide a readable alternative. (Plus this helps to reduce offtopic complaints in threads.) You'll therefore often see both a twitter/x link and the corresponding xcancel link in toptext - like in these recent examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48317774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48317774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48212493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48212493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071262 In the current case, I decided not to do that because it would have made the toptext way too noisy, so I chose the domain that most people would be able to read. As for HN's policy, you're right about the rule but not its scope. It only applies to submission links, i.e. the URL that a story title is linked to, which also determines the domain displayed to the right of the title.
          • nailer 3mo ago
            > HN users can't read Twitter threads that way This doesn’t seem correct. I can view all of these without a Twitter login. Compare this with nytimes, where a login is required but we still always post the canonical URL per the guideline. > Plus this helps to reduce offtopic complaints in threads. That can be a fixed with moderation and bans.
            • dang 3mo ago
              That's why I said "threads". As far as I understand it, logged-out users can see the initial tweet at a link, but not the replies. > That can be a fixed with moderation and bans. That is an excessive view of what can be done with hard power!
              • nailer 3mo ago
                That’s still inconsistent with the NYTimes is handled - people paste non login links as comments if they’re wanted - and makes the links less useful for people that do have Twitter accounts.