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Being in YC does not guarantee that the companies will use ethical marketing strategies, unfortunately.

Remember the InstallMonetizer incident while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711




It does a better job than most, though. InstallMonetizer incident involved YC staff contacting the founders and looking into it. They also implemented this: http://blog.ycombinator.com/founder-ethics http://www.ycombinator.com/ethics/


AirBnB spammed craigslist, etc.

I actually think it's something they teach them to do.


Or the rapgenius fiasco




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