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Re:Tell HN: Winners of Apply HN for YC Fellowship 3 by willu on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @10:27PM (#11633576)
There are probably ways he could have conveyed that better. Judging by the outcome, smarter people than me came to that same conclusion.
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Re:Tell HN: Winners of Apply HN for YC Fellowship 3 by tptacek on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @10:36PM (#11633610)
Now do you see the problem with how YC chose to explain Pinboard's exclusion?
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Re:Tell HN: Winners of Apply HN for YC Fellowship 3 by license2e on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @11:01PM (#11633729)
No, 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.

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Re:Tell HN: Winners of Apply HN for YC Fellowship 3 by tptacek on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @11:08PM (#11633768)
I don't care about the decision. I care about how it was communicated.
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Re:Tell HN: Winners of Apply HN for YC Fellowship 3 by YuriNiyazov on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:58AM (#11634445)
The "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.
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