> "How is it a conspiracy theory to suggest that both YC and Stripe might want to exert some control over bad PR?" Firstly, you have dramatically undersold wha

> "How is it a conspiracy theory to suggest that both YC and Stripe might want to exert some control over bad PR?" Firstly, you have dramatically undersold what OP claimed, to the point of dishonesty. Secondly, what OP claimed is a conspiracy theory because it has no actual evidence. If it had evidence it would be a conspiracy.