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> Keeping off-the-record or confidential information (whether about YC itself or a YC company) private and secret.

If I recall correctly, Paul Graham asks the Summer 2011 class not to share tips on getting into YC at the end of Launch Pad. I wonder if this is in part a response to all the recent YC Applications/interviews going public (or at least showing up here on HN).

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There are different kinds of tips. Some which I think actually help YC if everyone knows them -- because YC wants to make the most accurate analysis possible in a short interview, it helps if everyone knows to give clear, direct, and succinct answers, be prepared to answer questions, don't depend on being able to show a demo, etc.

The confidential information is more like Off The Record things during YC dinners, information about other companies, etc. There is much more information about other YC companies (especially batchmates), or speakers at YC dinners, which is confidential than there is information about YC itself which is confidential.

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