The truth is the opposite. We moderate less, not more, when YC companies are involved. That is literally the first thing PG taught me about how to moderate HN; I don't think I had even sat in a chair yet before he blurted it out.
This does leave a loophole in what people are able to get away with in threads, but it is worth the price to be able to address people's concerns about it in good conscience.
This does leave a loophole in what people are able to get away with in threads, but it is worth the price to be able to address people's concerns about it in good conscience.