By "a site powered by VC money", I presume you aren't talking about selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov, but rather hacker news? Hacker news links are submitted a

By "a site powered by VC money", I presume you aren't talking about selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov, but rather hacker news? Hacker news links are submitted and voted on by the website members, and you don't need to be part of a ycombinator startup to be a member.