Questionable claim from wildlight on a rival crypto subreddit: "Vitalik no longer has the same kind of influence over Ethereum as he used to" ????

Context: it was a discussion regarding this tweet

I was under the impression that Vitalik's influence over the direction Etherum is heading has only grown, not diminished. Can a couple people from this community advise me on whether or not the claim in the title is true or false? This revelation somewhat blindsided me because I was under the impression that Vitalik has done a lot for himself at managing his reputation and clout within the crypto-community?

(A simple true/false from 2 members of this community will suffice)

TL;DR: Questionable claim from wildlight on a rival crypto subreddit: "Vitalik no longer has the same kind of influence over Ethereum as he used to" ????