Re:Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins
by anonymoushn on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @05:55PM
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This objection is pretty flimsy. HN is very frequently used as a customer support forum for large tech companies not funded by YC. A policy that it is okay to use HN as a customer support forum for Google, Amazon, and Facebook but not for Coinbase does not look very good.
Re:Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins
by kordless on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @06:22PM
(#6931678)
HN is run by YC. While it may feel like a public forum, it is owned by a private entity. I'm OK with a benevolent dictator taking care of matters here, and trust PG to do the right thing by all of us.
Re:Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins
by kudu on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @08:54PM
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On HN, there is an expectation of a certain degree of impartiality and free speech. Of course, YC doesn't have to provide it, but that's irrelevant: it's just something that is expected.
As PG wrote:
> Strictly speaking I should have killed the post entirely
That's not why he said that. He explains further down thread:
HN is a news site, not a customer support forum for companies funded by YC, and in fact the site guidelines explicitly ask that it not be used that way