> But in my opinion YC doesn't want the petition on the front page probably because they don't want to have to explain the comments to Congress In my opinion t

> But in my opinion YC doesn't want the petition on the front page probably because they don't want to have to explain the comments to Congress In my opinion they probably didn't want it on the front page with that title ("Y Combinator is asking for a bailout") because it looked desperate. I don't think that's why it disappeared though. Apparently some others didn't want it on the front page with the revised title ("Urgent: Sign the petition now") because they didn't like the idea that YC would get some special treatment (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35115948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35115948). Weird story altogether, and some people who would actually otherwise be aligned ended up doing a bit of friendly fire.