han bebe urmila... those Gems are so damn good that they make the effort of enduring junk worthwhile ... I for one has been benefited by wonderful and meaningful friendship of "real people" like VP Singh ji, Ravinder bhai, Vikas bhai and few select more.
Im returning here after many months... hence had ample time to reflect. So my ratings are:
1. Intent of site: Great
2. Execution of the intent: Mixed
3. How well/professionally Run:
Low (an org is as good as its resources, appoint orthodox padhe-likhe-unpad as mods and you get this kinda orthodoxy, lacks defined vision, implementation, unable to harness the collective creative energies of members to enhance the site to take it to the next stage)
4. Quality of Mods: overall Low (occasionally Medium/High, mostly very low and regressive, erratic and arbitrary)
5. Dominant pressure Group: Unethical regressive ganwar.
6. Why one must not visit this: See item 4 and 5.
7. Why one must visit this: You will meet few, but high quality life-long friends... There are GEMS who make it worthwhile. So what do you do. Dont participate in threads, simply observe progressive and intellectual people, add them as friends and interact privately or on other popular social media.
8. Credit to Founder and Successor: FULL, HIGH.
Despite my ratings, I know it aint easy to run a website, face brickbats, impossible to please all members, pay from own pocket to take **** from members, etc. So khudos for persisting with the initiative. Search the soul, take it to the next stage, or pass on to new gen of leadership, or else it is already dying a slow death.
true! - they are a treat
Regards,
Urmila.