You post on Hacker News, which is a marketing vehicle for YCombinator.  Your content helps make it more attractive to prospective startup founders, which lets YCombinator reach their target market with virtually no marketing expense.<p>Why is sending usage data to Microsoft saying &quot;exploit me&quot;, but contributing free marketing to YCombinator is something you do daily?<p>The world doesn&#x27;t have to operate on zero-sum principles.  There&#x27;s nothing wrong with helping someone or something out &quot;just because&quot;.