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Zed is well known in the HN community and looking for a job in a funded startup with about 5 - 20 employees. It seems reasonable that this link ends up here don't you think?

Mmmm...never thought of HN as a job board, but hey! I just created my account 7 minutes ago. :)

thnks, didn't know he was "popular" around HN, just some random, though quite pretentious judging from his blog & linkedin, dude that somehow got squeezed to the front page,

HN is a job board.

...asks someone who created his account 7 minutes ago.

Lurking doesn't require an account.

I admit, my comment was a little short-sighted in a way. However, I think someone should be an active member of a community like HN in order to make such a judgement (i.e. not appropriate for HN).

Beyond that, the guidlines say not to post such comments and I strongly agree with it. Should've just downmod it in the first place...

How long ago somebody made their account should not be a factor in judging their contribution. Or lack thereof...

wow! amazing deduction abilities...yet so limited, pedagogically speaking.

Have you read the guidelines for HN yet? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

He's a hacker (well known) and this is news.

He is a well-known hacker, but this isn't news.