[gitgud]

This made me laugh out loud. I too forget this little website is run by an enormous Venture Capital firm.

[Zababa]

I don't think it's "run by" the YCombinator. If I recall correctly, YCombinator pays for HN costs, in exchange for 3 things: recruitment posts, YCombinator new startups posts, and having alumni see each others as orange.

[mastrsushi]

It’s really only the plaintext styling that contributes to the humble appearance.

[Akronymus]

The tech behind the scenes is pretty advanced though, from what I've read. (At least compared to reddit, along with apparently pretty good bot detection and such.)

[arbus_dev]

That was so creative of them.