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

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.