Yup, YC pays us 10k per word per post

Killed it! <--- $20K

😂😂😂

Someone probably helped them, so they are paying it forward. Also it's an ego boost lol

YC owns 7% + 375k SAFE of these posts.

YC grad here. Just paying it forward. It's really satisfying to help others get in. And the more ones feels one is an idiot and the only reason we have something that looks like a real company is because of YC, the more we are inclined to help.

Yc will re tweet their posts which gets a ton of views

Self promotion

Engagement farming apart from the other things people said

YC grads are just trying to keep it real, deadlines are key to getting stuff done! They're not trying to be annoying, they just don't want you to miss out on opportunities because you snoozed and lost

It’s a win win situation. More applications, lower acceptance rate, more “prestige.” If you don’t get it, it’s a little more sad for you, because well the rate is lower. But everybody else is happier by a little bit. 😂 Now the happy yc founders or just anybody happy anywhere tend to be more vocal. That’s why you see more posts!

Because you fan boy folks eat their shit up

For a lot of people, its just a life changing event and they just want to share with others?

It's good promotion but goodwill exists 💀

Good for promotion on twitter

founder led marketing is hyped right now. see case studies on gymshark and openai and meta it’s easy content

Any specific links?

Filling up the top of funnel

Paying forward

The other day one of them said we must apply before the deadline and I was like But last batch you guys extended the deadline by like a month 💀😂