I submitted this with a "TechStars Boulder 2008" part added to the title, why was it removed? I see "YC" references to companies in titles all the time so isn't that relevant info?
The reason companies funded by YC are often called out as such is that this site is run by YC. But almost all startups have multiple investors, so it would get pretty unwieldy if they were all named every time a startup was mentioned. There's no reason to do it unless the story involves the investor, which is not the case here.
I think it was nice they removed the TS 2008 because the story is not related to TS as much as the founder himself. This shows that YC does not want people to talk negatively about their competitors.
At the same time I do not think just because this is a site ran by YC that we should not have titles with TS in them. You could promote TS companies here all day, it will not make a difference for YC.