scribd is a YC company. Any pdf submissions automatically get scribd.

Previous discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124940 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=175378

Scribd links automatically generated for PDFs. I wonder if they check for mimetype, or they just assume it from the extension..

Scribd link is auto added by HN system if the original URL ends with '.pdf'.