kfalter

YES! Agreed. Gotta call/email those ppl in Washington. Get the word out.

Totally agree with this. Feedback is the most important thing. I think the principle of this is simply to get out of your comfort zone, which may mean rejection (which may mean a learning opportunity).

Great point. It'd be interesting to be transparent about rings of people who frequently upvote on the same post. I'm sure they have that info. It might actually be interesting and open up some level of transparency -- whether among the YC companies (and the ability of their job posts to somehow make it to the top) or among other subsets of the coding community like node.js I have nothing against YC companies; I'm friends with lots. I have nothing against promoting a link you post on HN.

Just would be interesting to be more transparent.

Totally agree. It is a great example of design. Design today is thrown around as something that looks almost Ikea-esque. But in actuality design is the user experience. Design is being thoughtful about the full process associated with a product. They thought of everything.