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Comment by kornhole | Hacker News Reader

What could go wrong with the richest many in the world now owning an influencing stake in one of the main communication platforms in the world? He made his first billions on financial surveillance and then moved onto selling Iphones on wheels and satellite based surveillance technology. I will stay on HN and Mastodon.

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I'm not sure whether you're being sarcastic, seeing who owns HN...

HN was designed to be independent of YC interests.

And Paul G doesn’t seem to care to be involved in the moderation of HN. The rules were established at it’s inception and enforced by others.

Musk seems far more reactionary to hot button issues. I don’t see him as a set & forget leader.

I'm not arguing against anything you said, but op said something about

> with the richest [...] owning an influencing stake

Regardless of how HN was designed, and what Paul G cares or does not, I don't think this can truly change

Does Paul G own an influencing stake or does HN have some kind of legal rights to avoid his influence?

> HN was designed to be independent of YC interests.

lol come on

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

> What's the relationship between YC and HN?

> Y Combinator owns and funds HN. The HN team is editorially independent.

> Are negative stories about YC suppressed on HN?

> No, we moderate less, not more, when YC or a YC startup is the topic. The good will of the community is worth more than any story.

> Musk seems far more reactionary to hot button issues.

> Paul G

Tell me you don't follow Paul Graham without telling me you don't follow Paul Graham.

Good point!

Who do you thinks owns the major newspapers in any country? Are we even forgetting about Washington Post?

Considering the steaming pile that Twitter is, I think only good things are on the way for the platform.

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