naughtiness

Yep - the naughtiness you could get up to with this is almost endless.

I guess he fits pg's definition of "naughtiness"?

The naughtiness he is referring to is clearly not the mistake they made in not paying payroll tax.

There has been some debate regarding PG's "naughtiness" criteria for founders.

This is because kids learn the concept of "naughtiness" at a pretty young age, and so find presentations of this naughtiness funny.

>Funny how that worksHow what works?I see just as many "Android phones do this naughtiness" headlines as I see "iPhones allow these shenanigans" headlines.

When I think of Padmapper, I think of the naughtiness:"Though the most successful founders are usually good people, they tend to have a piratical gleam in their eye.

I feel 'naughtiness' represents disregard for the status quo, rather than a commitment to immorality.

We solved the chicken-and-egg problem using techniques that we promised never to speak of again because they squarely sat on the grey/black spectrum of naughtiness.

Seems a lot of the newer YC bunch are playing dirty to win. pg encourages[1] this naughtiness, but I wonder if they sometimes go too far and what the recourse is after brand damage like this and a major shunning from the very communities they're targeting for.

It is thus irresponsibility rather than naughtiness, which requires intentionality.

Of course pg isn't intentionally cruel or capricious but he does not assume good faith in othersI think he sees the naughtiness that he prizes in founders in users here, and that leads him down the path to writing off everyone slightly combative as trolls