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If you read the YCF page, Pinboard hits basically all the criteria:

- Single founder, not a large group

- Hasn't raised any outside capital

- Working on idea full time.

He's even local to YC!

The YCF page says you don't need traction to apply. It doesn't say you can't have traction.

Moreover, it turns out that the funding structure for "Apply HN" is "YCF terms". But that doesn't mean "Apply HN" and "YCF" are the same concept.

Finally, isn't Pinboard basically running away with the HN vote for "Apply HN" at this point?



Good points. I understand that Apply HN and YCF are not the same concept, but I was under the impression that Apply HN applications were going to take 2 YCF positions.




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