Maybe they should be working on reliable management of multiple HN accounts.

I am commenting on my previous comment as myself. I'm not trying to pretend to be someone else. I don't have multiple HN accounts.

did you just respond to yourself as if a different person?

No, I commented on my own comment as the same person. I'm not surprised but I am disappointed to see the response as downvotes rather than actual engagement with the question and its implications. It's almost like people want to shape the Overton window to avoid this kind of discussion, ie, to put the blinders on themselves and others.

YC's reputation depends on and is justified by its investment portfolio. Its investments are not justified by its reputation.