"YC has fallen" went from taboo to mainstream as morale collapses
FangYi11101 · x · 2026-08-31
A thread on Y Combinator's reputation: users note people were saying YC declined as early as 2020, but back then critics would get dogpiled as jealous losers. Now the mood has flipped so hard that defending YC is the unpopular position.
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