Y Combinator’s Slinkset Launches Hosted Reddits For The Masses

Re:Y Combinator’s Slinkset Launches Hosted Reddits For The M... by rms on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @04:39PM (#247942)

>Regardless, at the end of the day, you're asking me to assume that founders who either don't make the cut for YC or whom didn't apply in the first place are either inferior entrepreneurs or are pushing a bad idea. This is simply not true.

No, I'm not. I'm saying Techcrunch doesn't cover startups anymore.

>In light of this, my conclusion that YC and Arrington have some sort of friendly or financial relationship leading to a lowered-barrier-to-article for YC-funded startups is sound if not altogether true.

No, they don't. Techcrunch covers YC startups out of laziness and journalistic inadequacy. They want to give the appearance that they still cover early stage startups, but they don't. They only cover YC startups. YC offers an easy filter for TC to have some stories to give the outward appearance that their blog hasn't changed over time.

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Re:Y Combinator’s Slinkset Launches Hosted Reddits For The M... by bobhoward on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @09:22PM (#248142)

"Certainly they are much better than the average unfunded or microfunded startup."

If you aren't saying what I've asserted you're saying, please explain the above. Also, did you edit your original comment? Perhaps I misread it.

In any event, it remains awfully convenient to chalk up the evident YC fetish at TechCrunch to mere editor laziness: I've seen plenty of seed-funded or non-funded startups in the past months-- heck, TC pays folks to sort through the mountains of press releases that arrive every day; I'm sure that there is no dearth of interesting, upstarting startups to profile.

I've always gotten the impression that TechCrunch serves up a fairly decent mixed bag-- except when they seem to exclusively cover YC-funded startups. Hence, my prior remarks.

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