Comment by throwaway984393

I genuinely don't understand what you're trying to say. On the one hand it sounds like you're suggesting that I'm suggesting that YC making money off of HN might jeopardize some good faith. Why would it? What good faith are we talking about? YC is a business, and HN is a part of that business. I don't think that's a controversial statement...? If it is a community, it's the community YC owns and operates. The website's URL is a subdomain of YC, it's run and paid for by YC... even if HN existed for some altruistic purpose, if you asked YC if they would be happy to sever it from YC and put it completely in the hands of the community, I think we can safely assume the answer. And founders defend their companies and investments here, that shouldn't be a controversial statement either. Why wouldn't they?