I'm not sure antirez is involved in any business decision making process at Redis Ltd.
He may not be part of "they".
Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
Another one, though:
Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
I'll design a system for the senate that enables outside voters to first turn down the microphone's volume of a speaker if he says that another senator works for company X and then removes him from the floor. That'll be a great success for democracy and "intellectual curiosity", which is also in the guidelines.