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'X ought to be more public and transparent' is the kind of assertion that it would be ridiculous to confine to a private channel.

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Sure. When there's an authoritative or knowledgeable answer, it can be shared. That's not what's happening here.

I think you're confused about the phrasing of the title. 'Why/ why not X' can be a request for information as you seem to imagine, but it can also be a proposal, as in 'why don't we have both'?

Sure, but that's belied by the body:

> Does anyone have any insider information or generally good theory as to why YC's own job posts include none of that information?

I think you're overthinking this. It's chat, not code.

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