.. to make GS a better place than what it is. Be honest and brutal. It will be great to hear you fine people speaking your mind about GS. Be honest, be brutal, be creative, be critical, share what is wrong and what is great about GS, give your ideas, but please be respectful (towards individuals).
How close current GS is to its mission statement (on a scale of 1-10, 1 being farthest from the goal)?
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Do you really, truly, most geuninamamously think we’re “fine” people?
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I can only get what I give.
j/k 
Yes, or else I would at least not have my wife on GS, right?
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Just so people dont think this is some arse kissing thread…let me start…there are many things we can do better some key ones are..
1-those people need to be more involved..or …advise but..let other ppl rise up to run the place
2-promote it more, be selective in membership, which usually happens by itself because those looking for a diff type of place will bail anyways
3-give members more freedom to run polls, run events…run groups.
4-broaden member types so we are not too heavily tiltled in one direction, or one group..because that is the other sharp side of #2’s double edged sword..people we want to keep would leave because they will not find enough like minded people.
if we can succeed in doing these…we will be truer to the mission.. I dont think we have strayed from the basic principle, but there is much more we can do, and there is much more we used to do that we lost along the way and while that can’t be recreated…nostalgia is just that…it should give us an impetus because we know more, different, things are possible…which keep with our mission but expand what we can do and reach.
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dismantle GS and let’s go home and do “Allah Allah” … the amount of gunaah we commit is not worth it!
I am not representing GS here, but because I was a director once so I can say from my experience that to this day, we could not figure out how to attract more membership. Best we can do is to retain the current one and make this place more attractive for them. I wish we could one day have a place like Facebook, that might be heavily moderated, but you don’t see a single moderator on Facebook. In fact Facebook, YouTube and such are mainly moderated by the members and action is taken only when a post is reported by a member. Maybe we need to change the model of GS to that.
you have a mouse in your pocket kkf? You said “we”
See I did that again 
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Who is the real wonder of GS? Who started this forum? Any idea? Just wondering! 
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Often too risqué to be family-friendly.
(More like a bar atmosphere than somebody’s living room.)
Would think twice before recommending to family or friends.
Besides, why does it matter how busy this place is or how many members there are ?
Does increased or greater membership translate into more revenue for somebody, somehow ?
Just curious.
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More hits = more advertisement revenue.
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The games link doesn’t work on the right. Sometimes I think this place is too strict for it’s own good. Can’t really explain.
Agree with X2 bhai. People need to be involved. I create threads in Gaming or WE and nobody repiles. Threads don’t get updated.
As a newcomer, making friends here is much hard and its kind of discouraging. People have their own circles of friends.
One thing that almost made me quit was the number of posts needed to change my avatar. 1500! That’s why I post so much.
Some people I’ve talked with (mostly girls), have heard about this site but they don’t see the value of becoming a member. I can’t think straight, I’ll post more later.
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I will fire all the lazy and incompetent mods who just casually sit there as audience and happily follow an argument getting dirty and completely off topic (some even start and participate in those arguments) from word one. Do nothing about it, but suddenly start handing out bans, infractions and fatwas when things get totally out of hand. I don’t know how good the moderating is in other parts of the website, but in the section where I usually post, I literally have to beg, plead the sleeping moderators to stop the thread from getting hijacked, because even I’m begining to get bored of it (and that’s saying a lot). It just doesn’t make sense that mods would come and posts on those threads yet take no action? When I say actions, I don’t necessarily mean infractions.
Good moderation is so much more than deleting already censored and indirect swear words and scoring points against members you don’t agree with.
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…And bring back PCG.
I don’t care what she says or what anyone says about her, but the truth is, girlfriend can actually write!
In case she’s reading this: PGC, if you ever want a change of career, please consider writing.
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If this thread had any credibility and if it really was a genuine attempt to improve things, then yeah, I’d agree with Jolie about the ‘lazy and incompetent’ leadership team.
And if I indeed thought it’d make any difference then I’d also want to add that prereqs to being a mod should be emotionally intelligent posters who have skills and creativity to handle perceived trolls aside from straight banning. A sense of humour should be also part of minimum criteria. Sarcasm included.
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PCG was alright. She has a lot to say, which is different from mastery of prose. Does anyone remember chaibiskut? I had a man crush on her writing. Dat eloquence…
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I had provided my feedback back in August 2013, but I dont think it had any effect. Instead, several excuses were given.
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/gs-support-help/620381-stagnancy.html
It makes me wonder if you are genuinely concerned about making this place any better. We all know it has become nuthing more than an* aunty-fest. *
Socho in the grand scheme of things all the unckills come to play when the aunties are around.
I kind of disagree with Jolie because over moderation is bad. If the discussion is veering off a little, let it. If you are having a real conversation, things get heated and the topic swerves. It’s the dirty personal digs that should be moderated and personal attacks that needs attention.
It’s not fair to new guppies who are wading their way thru the forums and getting infractions because they may have said something sarcastic whereas the older guppies who are known can say and get away because every one knows how they are. Saying that, there are those guppies whose comment I look fwd to because I know they have a way with words and the way they say things is funny whether it is mean or not.
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PCG’s style of writing was wonderfully raw and unapologetic, full of force and deeply personal and powerful emotions. It requires a healthy dose of creativity, wit and guts to write your personal troubles in such manner and stick it in public domain.
Ah goodness, I almost feel tiny bit guilty for not actually telling her all this.
Hmmm.
Oh well.
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I was for a very short period of time given access Administration rights and I saw the other side - where mods make decisions on what to edit/moderate. It is a very fine line.
Interestingly, some people find that GS is overmoderated - that the free-flow of spontaneous conversation, even where a thread goes off on a tangent detracts from the atmosphere. These same posters don’t like issuance of infractions and bans because they feel that GS moderators are too strict. I see other comments above, where people feel like the moderators aren’t doing enough. So the question is how do you find that balance?
A post that appears harmless to some, comes across as offensive and R-rated to some. Yes, this should in essence be a family-friendly - but even that term is subjective. Each person’s conservatism varies and what they consider acceptable differs. So who do you please and if in pleasing one group, another is dissatisfied - have you succeeded in promoting a platform that reflects diverse ideas or one that represents a narrow band of opinions?
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I have to say that a lot of members on this forum write well and could make a career out of writing, potentially.