lol it absolute does
you ever notice how most YC announcements have comments disabled?
you ever notice how most YC announcements have comments disabled?
Actual YC announcements do not have comments disabled.
We do tend to be more lenient when there's no evidence of organized manipulation, just friends/fans/users trying to be helpful and not realizing that it's actually unhelpful. What dedicated HN users tend not to realize is that such casual commenters usually have no idea how HN is supposed to work.
But this leniency isn't YC-specific. We're actually less lax when it comes to YC startups, for several reasons.
I'm not going to out people here but maybe it helps you to know that not everyone plays by the rules. Tbf I also understand that this is just really hard to enforce.