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.
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