I don’t believe HN was created or is being maintained out of the goodness of anyone’s heart. HN has monetary value to someone somewhere. Plus it’s cheap to run

I don’t believe HN was created or is being maintained out of the goodness of anyone’s heart. HN has monetary value to someone somewhere. Plus it’s cheap to run. It’s also a good advertising and recruiting platform for YC. There by the grace of VCs goes HN.