I went through most of the applications and comments earlier in the month (I need to do the rest) and it took me around 6 hours [1].<p>I think the best option might be for someone at YC (Dan this is going to be you) to make a top 20 list and ask those applicants to put in a longer application that we can then rank and comment on - the 2000 character limit of the initial application process was too limiting in my opinion to use for the final ranking.<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11477879" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11477879</a>