Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator model dead thanks to Kickstarter-like crowd funding?
As of a few moments ago, the Diaspora project passed $50,000 — five times what they'd asked for, and it seems that people are still giving... there's 20 days left for them to keep doing so!&#60;p&#62;It's been exciting to see them double their "investment" in less than 24 hours and proves that it is &#60;i&#62;possible&#60;/i&#62; to crowdfund startups.&#60;p&#62;So my question is whether such successes totally invalidate the Y Combinator model?&#60;p&#62;And, on a related vein, what sort of support infrastructure would people like to see with the crowd funding + social media approach?&#60;p&#62;Thanks!