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Re:Ask HN: Do we no longer support our members? by pg on Monday October 18, 2010 @12:37AM (#1802399)
17% of people who've applied for w2011 have over 100 karma:

    > (let ids (applicant-ids "w2011") 
        (percent (/ (count [> (uvar _ karma) 100] ids) 
                    (len ids)))) 
    17
6% have over 1000 karma.
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Re:Ask HN: Do we no longer support our members? by tyng on Monday October 18, 2010 @09:35AM (#1803404)
Does this percentage include other applying co-founders in the application, or just the lead applicants?
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Re:Ask HN: Do we no longer support our members? by pg on Monday October 18, 2010 @12:41PM (#1804154)
Just the leads.
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Re:Ask HN: Do we no longer support our members? by tyng on Monday October 18, 2010 @01:31PM (#1804360)
Cheers pg. The reason I asked was because when my cofounder and I submitted our application for w2011, we decided to use his account as the lead even though I had way more karma, which was due to him having a much cooler answer to the non-computer hack question specifically addressed at only the lead.

Anyway, not that it matters since a good application is still a good one (and vice versa), but it's possible to find a higher YC/HN participation rate if you include the cofounders.

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