The people that run HN are so hostile they launched the bloody thing:

Commenters on HN are not the same thing as companies launched through ycombinator.

	▲	jacquesm an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Where do you think those founders come from? One of the application questions for YC used to be (maybe still is) 'What is your HN username?'
	▲	quantified 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That is the point. Run HN and run YC are the same. HN and YC are different.