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Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by pg on Thursday April 10, 2008 @01:53AM (#159688)
It's hard to quantify, but it definitely helps when you feel like you know what someone's like from reading their comments.

A text application form is such a low-bandwidth source. Reading the applications, we feel like we're just starving for information about what the people are really like. So any additional context helps a lot.

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Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by kryptos on Thursday April 10, 2008 @09:10AM (#159852)
Would it be possible to specifically mail those who were rejected?I do understand it would be time consuming for you guys, it would be really helpful to all
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Re:Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application sta... by pg on Thursday April 10, 2008 @12:27PM (#160019)
It would be less helpful than you might think. Strange as it sounds, there's often no answer to the question of why groups are rejected. I tried to explain it here: http://ycombinator.com/whynot.html
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