Comment by thomasfoster96 11 years ago I'm fairly certain those companies don't pay for those job listings. 5 comments thomasfoster96 Reply smackfu 11 years ago Just because they give them out for free (to a very small specific group of companies) doesn't mean they don't have value. thomasfoster96 11 years ago Oh yes they certainly have value - but Those job listings aren't ads that pay for servers and bandwidth for hacker news. eli 11 years ago Depends how you look at it. benologist 11 years ago Whether that value directly pays for servers or intangibly-or-directly increases their own startups' value doesn't seem like an important distinction. kyleblarson 11 years ago Well, they are YC companies so they pay YC with a pretty significant portion of their equity.
smackfu 11 years ago Just because they give them out for free (to a very small specific group of companies) doesn't mean they don't have value. thomasfoster96 11 years ago Oh yes they certainly have value - but Those job listings aren't ads that pay for servers and bandwidth for hacker news. eli 11 years ago Depends how you look at it. benologist 11 years ago Whether that value directly pays for servers or intangibly-or-directly increases their own startups' value doesn't seem like an important distinction.
thomasfoster96 11 years ago Oh yes they certainly have value - but Those job listings aren't ads that pay for servers and bandwidth for hacker news. eli 11 years ago Depends how you look at it. benologist 11 years ago Whether that value directly pays for servers or intangibly-or-directly increases their own startups' value doesn't seem like an important distinction.
benologist 11 years ago Whether that value directly pays for servers or intangibly-or-directly increases their own startups' value doesn't seem like an important distinction.
kyleblarson 11 years ago Well, they are YC companies so they pay YC with a pretty significant portion of their equity.
Just because they give them out for free (to a very small specific group of companies) doesn't mean they don't have value.
Oh yes they certainly have value - but Those job listings aren't ads that pay for servers and bandwidth for hacker news.
Depends how you look at it.
Whether that value directly pays for servers or intangibly-or-directly increases their own startups' value doesn't seem like an important distinction.
Well, they are YC companies so they pay YC with a pretty significant portion of their equity.