Users flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case I've turned the flags off - see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... for how we approach that sort of thing.

As for your question: I'm not privy to insider discussions but have been around YC a lot and can tell you I've never heard anything of this nature. From my perspective YC is focused on finding and funding good founders and that's it. Just speaking for myself here though.