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1. feverzsj · 1790178846 · focus · HN ↗

   It's a business promotion platform from the very beginning.

   1. PaulDavisThe1st · 1790180093 · focus · HN ↗

      "The purpose of a system is what it does"

      By this metric, HN is not a business promotion platform.

      1. Juliate · 1790180554 · focus · HN ↗

         It's a promotion platform for a specific way of conducting business, and for the liberation of these businesses from democratic oversight (if not the other way around). And in that perspective, that's politics.

         1. PaulDavisThe1st · 1790182757 · focus · HN ↗

            I probably don't disagree with that.

            However, that doesn't equate to what I believe was being implied: HN as a business promotional tool specifically for YCombinator.

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