It seems to me that people are more interested into getting into YC than starting interesting businesses. That is probably because the selection process is selective and talked about everywhere, so getting in must be good, right?<p>The truth is (and it's been repeated all over when discussing these "hack YC" articles), there's only working strategy to get into YC : be good. It's not an end in itself ; building a business is.
While I really applaud his tenacity, I don't think that this is what Paul had in mind when he said "relentlessly resourceful". I borders on stalking. It's one thing to have a product and try to get YC's attention, it's a completely different thing to just promote the fact that you are applying. The time and money would have been better spent on his prototype. I don't like it.
In my advertising classes in college we used to hear about these exact same "campaigns" people would do to get a job in the advertising world. It may work in the tech world, but I feel like this just adds clutter not value to the world. At least you're determined though, good luck for real.
This feels so gimmicky. If I had heard what it was you were doing, but not for whom or for what purpose, I would be inclined to believe this was either a joke or else attention-seeking for its own sake.
I can't decide whether if I was a YC partner and I was getting Google Ad Words for my name whether I'd be impressed, or creeped out. Possibly a bit of both.