>> "Still somewhat amazed at how discussion around a successful example of product-market fit degenerated into such bile"
The original title was the problem. Unfortunately the original title was created by the HN submitter (as far as I can tell) and it wasn't 100% accurate. If there's one thing people on HN do well it's pick holes in things that aren't 100% correct. It doesn't excuse some of the bile you're referring to but I think it reinforces the need not to create our own titles when submitting and to follow the HN guidelines around submissions.[1]
The title came from slide 12 of the presentation. Based on the recent posts by the parties involved, it seems that it was accurate with respect to the hurdles encountered in getting funding, but the presentation slides didn't express the context of how this event fit into the history of the company.
The original title was the problem. Unfortunately the original title was created by the HN submitter (as far as I can tell) and it wasn't 100% accurate. If there's one thing people on HN do well it's pick holes in things that aren't 100% correct. It doesn't excuse some of the bile you're referring to but I think it reinforces the need not to create our own titles when submitting and to follow the HN guidelines around submissions.[1]
[1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html