Sure, it's interesting to know (even if there's no way to verify what he's saying is correct), but it starts to come off as passing the buck. I think your perspective on the HN crowd might have been more valid 3-4 years ago but let's not pretend like it's still the same group of people.

We use Zenefits and (AFAIK) have no issues with the service. Just throwing it out there that a little reassurance goes a long way.