[yen223]

We can read the link, and we can read your comment. If Y Combinator is 'under the spell of the NSA', they aren't doing a very good job at it.

[imaginenore]

Or they don't care about moderating a tiny programmer website.

[digitalengineer]

Something doesn't need to be 'big' or mainstream to have an impact. Quite the opposite I'd say. (And I think HN's impact as an influencer should not be underestimated).