[willtheperson]

I would enjoy seeing the same with Hacker News. It would be interesting to see how affiliation with Y Combinator influences the vote.

[minimaxir]

This isn't possible with Hacker News since the voters are not public.

I had done brief analysis that shows that the (YC X) submissions do receive more upvotes on average. Which is hard to attribute to a voting ring specifically.

[mattmanser]

I often feel more inclined to upvote them because, in the end, YC created this community and I feel their incubees deserve a bit of that reflected glory.

It's my way of saying thanks, and I suspect other people's too.

[lost_name]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5006037

There's some information here. PG was late to the conversation, but said there isn't anything, while others said the exact opposite before he posted.

Of course a lot could have happened in the 929 days since that was posted.

[dang]

YC founders still see each others' names in orange, but that's it.

[frik]

It would be also interesting to see how the big developer conferences influenced the vote on HN.