> HN has a very strong moderation team with years and years of history letting awkward (e.g. criticism of YC, YC companies) things stand.

the attempt to steer direction is well hidden, but it is very much there

with https://hnrankings.info/ you can see the correction applied, in real time

the hidden bits applied to dissenting accounts? far less visible

I said what I said above not as a genuinely held belief (I doubt Nvidia had any involvement in this editorialization), but as a rhetorical effect.

There are many reasons why the editorialized-title rule exists. One of the most important reasons is so that we can trust HN as an unbiased news aggregator. Given the content of the article, this particular instance of editorialization is pretty egregious and trust breaking.

And to be clear, those questions I asked are not outlandish to ask, even if we do trust HN enough to dismiss them.

The title should not have been changed.

I thought HN was a dingle moderator, dang, and now I think there may be 2 people?

I'm curious whether you're playing devil's advocate or if you genuinely believe that characterizing OP’s comment as “tin foil hat” thinking is fair.

The concentration of wealth and influence gives entities like Nvidia the structural power to pressure smaller players in the economic system. That’s not speculative -- it’s common sense, and it's supported by antitrust cases. Firms like Nvidia are incentivized to abuse their market power to protect their reputation and, ultimately, their dominance. Moreover, such entities can minimize legal and economic consequences in the rare instances that there are any.

So what exactly is the risk created by the moderation team allowing criticism of YC or YC companies? There aren’t many alternatives -- please fill me in if I'm missing something. In contrast, allowing sustained or high-profile criticism of giants like Nvidia could, even if unlikely, carry unpredictable risks.

So were you playing devil’s advocate, or do you genuinely think OP’s concern is more conspiratorial than it is a plausible worry about the chilling effect created by concentration of immense wealth?

theres alot of shadow banning, up ranking and down ranking

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