HN is a marketing channel for startups who might want to pitch ycombinator, then market the startups they pick, then find employees for those startups, then repeat.
The value isn't in selling ads.
I see this whole line of reasoning that thousands of people isn't enough to be newsworthy a symptom of valleythink where all that is valued is growth.
There are other factors that indicate success and the community for the most part has lost sight of those for the tunnel vision of "must get funding!"
The value isn't in selling ads.
I see this whole line of reasoning that thousands of people isn't enough to be newsworthy a symptom of valleythink where all that is valued is growth.
There are other factors that indicate success and the community for the most part has lost sight of those for the tunnel vision of "must get funding!"