Comment by dharmaturtle
5 years ago
Hey dude. I understand things might be running a bit emotional for everyone right now. You might find it interesting that PG has written tangentially on this topic a few years ago. Might be an interesting take, given the distance in space/time.
PG seems to agree with Amjad's decisions.
https://imgur.com/a/WkpHk0n
What has happened to YC?
Multiple recent companies are making the rounds with clear unethical behavior: Repl.it, TripleByte, Lambda School. A founder seems to be unreasonably kicked from bookface. Meanwhile PG and friends show support for these actions while waxing on about how they are extremely particular about the moral compass of founders.
Eh. I don't really expect every single YC company to be a bastion of moral integrity. Startups/hackers trying to disrupt industry are gonna do unconventional shit, and that might be more morally grey than usual. Also, given that YC has _thousands_ of alumni... of course there are going to be a few bad apples. The interview is literally 10 minutes long - its not like they're doing a deep character check on founders.
All that said, Dark and Prolific being kicked out of YC yet PG apparently supporting Replit is... making me wonder why the fuck PG wrote those articles.
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Wow. Unbelievable. This whole situation is so depressing. By supporting the CEO, is PG arguing that some employee from Facebook couldn't leave the company and make a better social media? This is such a stupid idea that I am almost believing that maybe I am misunderstanding my opponents. If an ex-employee declared his intent to build a similar product to my company, I would probably feel threatened, but in no way I would make any move to avoid that, otherwise I could be correctly labeled as a selfish loser. It's society that will ultimately lose if such an enterprise is faced with legal adversaries. The correct response is to continue building a better product. Fuck non-competitive agreements. People should be free to pursue their passion and what they enjoy doing.
PG will say what he needs to say for his investments to pan out. He’s even written a desperate essay on Mighty’s behalf when their reception was less than stellar. I wouldn’t read into his opinions that much.
An opinion you state because it benefits you is an opinion you hold.
That you don't _really_ believe it matters to nobody but yourself.
No, I think this is unfair. I "like" most Twitter replies that make me think, even if I personally don't like it. Unless pg has said something, we can't infer any intent from a button.
Well, you can, of course. But I wouldn't bet money you're right.
It'd be interesting to know what pg thinks, since he vouched for Amjad in the first place. But the whole "X liked Y, so X endorses Z" is highly suspect logic, to put it mildly.