If you read the YCF page, Pinboard hits basically all the criteria:<p>- Single founder, not a large group<p>- Hasn&#x27;t raised any outside capital<p>- Working on idea full time.<p>He&#x27;s even local to YC!<p>The YCF page says you don&#x27;t <i>need</i> traction to apply. It doesn&#x27;t say you <i>can&#x27;t have traction</i>.<p>Moreover, <i>it turns out</i> that the funding structure for &quot;Apply HN&quot; is &quot;YCF terms&quot;. But that doesn&#x27;t mean &quot;Apply HN&quot; and &quot;YCF&quot; are the same concept.<p>Finally, isn&#x27;t Pinboard basically running away with the HN vote for &quot;Apply HN&quot; at this point?