Right after I posted this comment, the story suspiciously jumped straight to spot #5 on the front page, skipping all the #10s and #20s that a story normally has to climb up to - like it was being artificially suppressed and then it immediately shot up when someone removed the suppression bool after seeing my comment. Then, my comment went up to 3 points, likely from real users upvoting it. Now, it is down to 1 point, possibly from manipulation, and I expect it to fall into negative points soon.

I have screenshots of every single step in this story's suppressed rise to the HN frontpage, and of my comment's scores over time. If YC is ever investigated for stock manipulation, journalists may contact me for access to these screenshots which may be valuable evidence.