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Wow. But I think this is not believable yet, it seems as if this thread may have snowballed and may be far from the truth.
The only incident that I knew of was when Sentinel told me that one of the bigger reasons for him leaving was Matsui, since the administration was not willing to budge.. anyway that was a yr ago. But even then i thought.. wow, they're ready to loose someone quite knowledgable over someone like matsui.
I dont know if the stuff about ehsan bhai leaving due to matsui is true, but if it is, then it is extremely sad. However if it really is such a "dictatorship" going on here, then maybe all the 7 ex-mods should say it in public, rather than ppl hearing it thru a forum.
I remember having a discussion with one of the mods/admins sometime ago, dont even remember the topic, but i had complaints about NYA.. and the admin, who was quite courteous i believe, said that NYA is one of the few ppl who have actually done something for Pakistan.. The thing is though, we know all we know from what we see and read on GS, and here, Matsui and NYA are plain idiots. Keeping them around, while their comments, laden with all sorts of profanity and idiotic dirty multi-meaning statements, attacking on core Islamic beliefs, is quite absurd.
And by the by, admins/mods you dont have to go far for this stuff.. these guys dont debate with intellect or logic, their posts are filled with references to camels, and ostriches hiding their heads in the ground, etc etc... these guys should never have survived here. i guess this site isn't made by the members, it is made and run according to the admins.
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Okay cards on the table time for me, being one of the '7' I'll have another say.
This issue of Matsui is but one of the blunders that have been made by Saba and the admin team of late, before that it was the sacking of Mursalin I left over the lack of communication and clarity of this issue i.e. no explanation was given as to why Mursalin was removed despite my repeated attempts to reason with the team (see numerous posts in mod forum) no one came forth with a grain of reason, most notably Saba.
A number of other mods also left at this time over similar victimisation and stone-walling.
I thought Mursalin, Sentinel, Sambrilian, Ehsan, Madscientist, Outlaw and myself did a good job of moderating, others thought we were ...well this has never been explained.
We were all active members that kept the forums flowing; it appears however that there is no room for our politics in GS, not very inclusive?
Anyway so yes I spent a lot of time on here like a lot of you, yes I keep shooting my mouth off (my only defence is above), yes I still want to be part of the place, but no not if it means being at the mercy of a moody dictator.
I hope Ehsan comes back, I also hope the 'ex-Mods' keep posting away and giving their views to add a healthy balance to the place, I also hope Saba learns to stop swinging from one extreme to another and the other owner/admins think team and not ‘cliques’...as you can see I still have a lot of hope.
Thap, (poisoned dragon :))