Almost all the mods transitioned over to the new team. Whole team was picked after hours and hours of Conf. Calls between Azkar, Muzna, X2 and I.
At the end, for the records, I take full responsibility of all the mods and CMs that were picked.
**Qualification **was the 4rth criteria that I looked for ..
first was Trust, then Responsible attitude as a guppy, then *willingness to learn *(i.e. submit to the written policies of GS)
Majority of the team that I picked, I have trust that when I send them one PM and ask them not to do certain thing, they will listen and will not argue on how right they are, they will not send me links of past threads to prove their innocence or how evil the other party is, they will not challenge my position.
In an organizational setup, Trust, Responsibility and Teachability are more important than qualifications ..
If Qualification was important, then we would be looking for a professional photographer for Image section and a Mufti for religious section
This is clearly a dictatorship where no one should "challenge your authority/position". That's a very sorry attitude and has brought entire nations down. The way GS works is friends of friends are appointed for positions no matter how lame these people may be. Not all mods are useless, I actually appreciate many but some of the recent "team" are just a sad joke.
You people cannot stand anyone who questions anything and you all reply to any questions asked in the same old, unsatisfactory manner where you pose to be the "all knowers" -- like you have already thought of it all and that the only way to make GS better is through your personal think tank. Sorry to break it to you but there are smarter people on GS than some of you who have better ideas that you all are so obviously threatened to accept.
Anyway, that was just my stance on it. I am entitled to it and although I completely disagree with the "management" on this so-called free site, I can be civilized about it.