How long until YCombinator stops listing Flock "Safety" on their website as one of their proud VC success stories?

CobrastanJorji 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Flock was valued at $7.5 billion last year, and it's probably worth more now. It's absolutely one of YCombinator's success stories.

YCombinator's goal is to make a lot of money by causing there to be more startups, and therefore more successor startups. "Make the world a better place" is not one of their success metrics. They're investors, not altruists.

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soperj 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's only a success if all you care about is money.

	▲	mikkupikku 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is YC we're talking about. They'd fund payday loans with organs as collateral for African orphans if they could. Seriously, they have NO scruples. (And yes, I know where I am.)
	▲	CobrastanJorji 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yes. Therefore, for Y Combinator, this is a success story.
	▲	unclad5968 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		They could also care about mass surveillance.
	▲	LadyCailin 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Which is all a great deal of people in America care about, yes.
	▲	OGEnthusiast 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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computerthings 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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john_strinlai 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

never, it is a shining success when viewed through the eyes of venture capital

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rvz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Never.

We should not expect any VC no matter how big or small to care.

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lm28469 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It prints money and harvest data, the holy grail basically, why would they remove it

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dyauspitr 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hunh, didn’t know flock was ycomb.

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propagandist 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The new leadership (Tan) is utterly shameless and free of moral constraints. I wouldn't count on it.

	▲	cyanydeez 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, the idea that YC will disown unfettered capitalism seems dreamy.

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altairprime 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why would they? There’s no “pro-social” enforcement in their funding terms, so they’re just as “morals aren’t applicable to profit” as any off-the-shelf C-corp is. If they required their startups to found B-corps then I’d understand trying to apply human ethical concerns to them, but they don’t, so human morals simply don't apply.