Ask HN: Why do some posts on HN not have a user/submitter?
2 pointsby rishikeshs17 hours ago2 comments
  • mtmail17 hours ago
    "Another kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments. They begin part-way down and fall steadily. Only one is on the front page at a time." quoted from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
    • rishikeshs17 hours ago
      This is so weird! So this was the whole point of HN! A funnel!
      • satvikpendem25 minutes ago
        What domain do you think you're on when you visit HN?
      • mtmail17 hours ago
        YCombinator pays for servers and full-time staff. It's job ads for companies they invested it, the companies don't need to pay anything. HN is a big side-project not meant to be profitable.
  • Jtsummers17 hours ago
    That's an ad. Also note that you cannot comment on them, which is abnormal except for [dead] submissions and older submissions.