Applying good faith interpretation. It's possible that there is a bottle neck in the system that is invisible, possibly intentionally by someone in the middle,

Applying good faith interpretation. It's possible that there is a bottle neck in the system that is invisible, possibly intentionally by someone in the middle, to people higher up in the chain. This is a way for them to break that blockage, and put some spot light on it. What this does now is create a specific marker 'Hacker News follow up' that cannot be swept under the rug. There will be eyes on this particular issue, both inside and outside the company.