Ask HN: What is Jerry(YC) and why does it keep showing up on the front page?

2 points by allwynpfr 4 years ago | 1 comment

I've been on HN for almost 7 years now but recently I have noticed this particular link/text on the front page a lot. It goes something along the lines of "Jerry(YC S17) is hiring..." is this an ad? And if it is an ad I have not once seen any comments or interactions with this post. Why then does it continue to show up if no one is visibly interested in this thing?

OJFord 4 years ago |

YC companies can post non-votable submissions without comments advertising (yes) that they're hiring.

They fade down but since there's no voting obviously there's a different presumably mainly time (but perhaps also interaction?) based mechanism for that.

e.g. Avenue (YC W21) is on the front page at the moment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27559764

It's at least not that new. Agree with you some seem to utilise the privilege a lot more than others, just anecdotally/by observation, but it's certainly not just Jerry (and Avenue).