| > Is Graham still involved in HN? He's on the board of YC, which appoints the CEO [1], and he still has a lot of influence. He still has dinner with dang from time to time to talk about HN [2]. > While it's true that he has spoken against Trump many times, Garry Tan is very close to Thiel, Musk, and the MAGA movement in general. Didn't he recently show support for DOGE as well? I don't think that's a completely accurate characterisation. Garry continues to identify as a Democrat [3]. He works with people across the political spectrum to make the playing field fair for the earliest-stage startups, which is consistent with his roles as an early-stage investor and a partner (and now CEO) of YC for over a decade. Just a couple of weeks ago he hosted the Little Tech Competition Summit [4] in DC, featuring speakers from different sides and parts of government. One of the most notable speeches was by Cory Booker, who talked at length about the importance of making entrepreneurship accessible to people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, which is a cause Garry deeply supports, given his own life experience. > Of course, YC is more than its current CEO and hopefully this doesn't affect the moderation of this website :) Exactly :) If we were making moderation decisions to serve individuals or agendas that supposedly our “salary depends on”, we'd tie ourselves in knots. Our job is to keep HN a great place for intellectual curiosity. [1] https://www.forbes.com.au/covers/innovation/y-combinator-sta... [2] https://x.com/paulg/status/1758191829491859607 [3] https://x.com/search?q=from%3Agarrytan%20democrat&src=typed_... [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjIJOfgVgu0 |
Can you elaborate on that?