This comment, along with your comment upthread, is a good example of what we don't want on HN. It's a snarky internet putdown with no information and certainly no curiosity in it.
There are other places on the internet to post like this; please don't post like this here.
Dang's taken more moments to reflect on this topic than you or I probably ever will, and for all the myriad accusations, I have yet to see an example of dang's public actions being influenced by anything YC's doing. HN moderation hasn't changed: HN activity has changed, and that's more to do with seemingly-everyone outside YC hitching their wagon to it.
There are other places on the internet to post like this; please don't post like this here.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html