because they want the signal to come from what YC has accomplished and represent...

skeeter2020 12 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's online rant spurs thr...

because they want the signal to come from what YC has accomplished and represents, not the personal opinions of someone associated with them who's leveraging his unrelated benefits in a socially very unacceptable way.