If you take that logic to its natural conclusion HN would shut down.

Why not? One of these days YC is gonna fund something worse than Flock and get itself on the Senate's radar.

You mean like when YC-funded startup OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared before Congress, or when Garry Tan, YC president and CEO went before Congress and talked about YC startups? The senate's heard of YC, if that's your question.

touche