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>>ptrtho+(OP)
very nice, how much?

>>Softwa+Hy
Launch HNs and job ads are 2 of the 3 things that HN gives back to YC in exchange for funding it (the third one is orange usernames for YC alums). This is explained in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#yc. I've also posted about it many times, as you can see from links like https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que....

>>dang+8J
> HN gives back to YC in exchange for funding it...

I'd not mind if news.yc is spun off as a non profit, relying on funds from the community it serves (only if that was a given...)

>>ignora+Oq1
I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work. HN is the product of a rare set of initial conditions, and the funding aspect is a critical aspect of that. The symbiosis, if you like, between HN and YC is part of the DNA of both entities. No doubt it has some downsides (such as job ads on the front page), but I'd say the downsides are small enough that it wouldn't be worth the risk to try to minimize them further. Of course that's just my opinion.

I've written about this intermittently and most of those comments can be found amongst https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so..., if anyone wants more.