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The tone didn't bother me but I'm thick skinned :-) The answer is that YC is extremely aware of how valuable HN is as a source of revenue. It's probably their
by staunch 5y ago
The tone didn't bother me but I'm thick skinned :-)
The answer is that YC is extremely aware of how valuable HN is as a source of revenue. It's probably their biggest marketing channel, so it's worth many billions to them. They're not evil or stupid either, which is why dang is the moderator. If YC appointed an evil idiot, HN users would revolt very quickly and HN would become much less valuable.
YC is as tolerant as they are because 1. there's a good person in charge of moderation that leans this way 2. they're smart enough to realize how precarious their position is. It wouldn't take a lot of missteps to create space for an alternative. See: Digg -> reddit.