> Also who actually gets swayed

Exactly.

> I just hope the mods start upping the bar somehow

I'm sure they are trying, but knowing how under-resourced HN is by YCombinator (barely any staff, handful of mods who are only really doing this because of close ties to old school YC, only really surviving because it's PG's baby) I don't think much will change.

I want to keep attending demo day so I won't say more.