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Generally I'd be upset at an article like this being on news.yc, but this was a really great speech that didn't focus too much on politics. It had much more to do with hope, success and fighting for what you believe in. That's a pretty universal message, and one that could easily be applied to startup life.

>>carpal+(OP)
My biggest concern is the "slippery slope" and the "tragedy of the commons" that befell reddit.

It seems that in user-submitted and -voted content, moderation (in both senses of the word) is a problem.

>>byteCo+2
haha, democracy isn't always pretty. Meanwhile I accidentally hit the down arrow on your comment.. sorry

>>byteCo+2
Beware of slippery-slope arguments. Once you accept one slippery-slope argument, you have to accept them all.

The people you're worried about are all happily typing away, posting juvenile comments on the story I submitted to politics.reddit.com yesterday. They have no motivation to come here. I think news.yc is safe regardless of what the editors decide about political stories.

P.S. My second sentence is a recursive joke. I didn't mean it.

>>carpal+(OP)
Carpal, agreed. I don't like to see politics on YC, but you'd have to agree that this community generally feels the same and does a good job "policing".

>>carpal+(OP)
Did he remind anyone else of Martin Luther King?

>>brlewi+E
P.S. My second sentence is a recursive joke. I didn't mean it.

I was about to say that, myself. I'm glad you didn't actually fall into that hypocritical trap. Nice joke, though :-)