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Is "Launch HN" a "regulated" (for the lack of a better word) concept uniquely for YC startups, or can anyone also submit those for their own (bootstrapped or non-YC-funded) companies?

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It's restricted to YC startups. I'd love to open it to non-YC startups but we haven't figured out a way to do that which wouldn't end up being the same thing as Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/show), which already exists.

For the rest of us punters:

- "Show HN: "

- "Ask HN: "

- "Tell HN: "

I really don't like the idea of HN being bifurcated in this way ("punters"). I think it's bad for community and community is incomparably more important than juicing HN like a lemon [1]. Therefore my long-term intention is very much to figure out a way to have all this not be restricted just to YC startups—and to make this a win-win by having it lead to YC getting to fund more startups too.

[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

As a YC alum, I would love to see less favoritism to YC companies, including the job posts (with 300+ companies in a batch, YC is becoming less of a signal of quality). I hope your long term intentions pan out.

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