Some further context for anyone who reads this and thinks it's a factual or plausible summation of the factors that influence HN moderation:

- Gumroad is not a YC-funded company and its founder has no influence on YC or HN.

- Joe Gebbia is just one of more than ten thousand YC-backed founders and does not represent YC or influence HN.

- Of the other people named, none has any official role or influence at YC, and only one of them has ever had a formal role; a brief, minor role that ended over seven years ago. At least two of those named have had very public, bitterly hostile disputes with former presidents of YC and founders of notable YC companies.

- The only person with any role/influence at YC who publicly espouses any position on U.S. federal politics is Paul Graham, who tweets almost daily in staunch opposition to the current U.S. administration.

- HN moderators and YC management know that HN is only valuable if it is a place where people can find content and discussions that engage intellectual curiosity, and the surest way to destroy its value is to allow it to be captured by any political or ideological agenda.