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1. kklisu+2m[view] [source] 2025-12-22 18:17:52
>>chaps+(OP)
For more context here Flock Safety is a YC-backed company [1][2]

[1] https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety

[2] https://x.com/garrytan/status/1856016868580151615

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2. kklisu+6o[view] [source] 2025-12-22 18:27:04
>>kklisu+2m
And let me share this reply by Garry Tan, CEO of YC, after someone made a comment that Flock might be _pretty dystopian_ [1][2]:

> You're thinking Chinese surveillance

> US-based surveillance helps victims and prevents more victims

[1] https://x.com/neurajordan/status/1963303084609966288

[2] https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963310592615485955

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3. embedd+np[view] [source] 2025-12-22 18:33:37
>>kklisu+6o
I've never heard about this Tan guy before, I don't keep up with politics/corporatism anymore, but is that possibly sarcasm? It sure feels like it to me. But again, I don't know this person, but if I came across that by itself I feel like it's pretty clearly sarcastic, as Twitter tends to be. Maybe I'm just tone deaf myself to how tone deaf others could be?
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4. gruez+Fq[view] [source] 2025-12-22 18:39:44
>>embedd+np
He probably being sincere. If you're logged in (or use something like xcancel), you can see the full thread, where he starts off with

> Flock Safety currently solves 700,000 reported cases of crime per year, which is about 10% of reported crime nationwide

> And they're just getting started

His profile also says:

>President & CEO @ycombinator —Founder @Initialized—designer/engineer who helps founders—SF Dem accelerating the boom loop—haters not allowed in my sauna

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5. therob+kx[view] [source] 2025-12-22 19:12:04
>>gruez+Fq
He’s being sincerely greedy and nihilistic, if that’s what you mean by “sincere”
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