Comment by tazu

I understand why people assume we do that, but actually we do the opposite—that is, we moderate less when YC or a YC startup is part of a story. There is plenty of past explanation at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu....

Note: we still moderate such threads. We just do it less than we otherwise would.

I thought this was a joke comment but I went back after reading the comments and it’s now on the second page already.

I really, really hope they don't.