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Re:How badly do most/all YCNews-ers suffer from confirmation... by jey on Friday May 04, 2007 @07:41PM (#19599)
As nearly as I can tell, this kind of bias afflicts most/all of the folks who frequent YC News. To understand why I think this, review my previous submissions and the non-response each received. It seems that (aspiring) entrepreneurs who are pure tech (I'm a hybrid of comp sci & comedy writing) just don't want to believe that, going forward, their companies will probably have to market profitably through branded entertainment to be competitive.

I agree with the idea that here in this Web Startup World Echo Chamber, we're all probably suffering from a big helping of confirmation bias... but your comment at the end about this being reflected by your submissions being ignored is a total non-sequitur. How does branded entertainment relate to news.yc? Lack of interest in the videos you recorded doesn't necessarily indicate that the audience here suffers from confirmation bias. Maybe the community just isn't interested in your submissions.

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Re:How badly do most/all YCNews-ers suffer from confirmation... by fruscica on Friday May 04, 2007 @07:55PM (#19603)
How does branded entertainment relate to news.yc?

Well, as nearly as I can tell, many of the folks who frequent YC News are interested in understanding how to give rise to a successful startup, and two big pieces of that puzzle are marketing and generating profits...

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Re:How badly do most/all YCNews-ers suffer from confirmation... by SwellJoe on Saturday May 05, 2007 @01:43AM (#19693)
And this assumes that your submissions provide valuable information about some key piece of that. It appears YC'ers disagree with your assessment.

Your premise here may very well be valid, but that doesn't mean the voted down posts were good.

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Re:How badly do most/all YCNews-ers suffer from confirmation... by byrneseyeview on Sunday May 06, 2007 @02:54PM (#19981)
Indeed. Just imagine how much money Google would have made if they'd hired an MBA, bought some superbowl ads, and refused to launch their product until they knew exactly how to make it cash-flow positive!
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