> Did you know YC startups have special privileges on Hacker News? Nobody knows what they are, but rumor has it they can delete stories they don’t like, delete comments, and have the ability to get their stories to the front.

Rumor is completely wrong. We don't even bypass the spam filter.

The essay/post really does point a picture from the other side and makes some great points. It seems to me that deleting could be a solution and also trying to take things into perspective (post was 11 years ago, Brandon put thought and reasoning, etc).

thanks for posting this, I found it very illuminating and must confess that before reading this I thought Box and Dropbox were the same company