I remember looking over the list many months ago, probably September or October, and seeing a bunch of people highlighted (green or red, can't recall) who I'd never seen active on the board, one of whom was in Jen McCreight's department (with the department website attached to his A+ member info, even). I'm not sure that's the person, but it was a full name, and a man's name. Also BlagHag, in red, as Site Admin.incognito wrote:They have 4 or 5 new mods, too.
Who's Bill Haines?
I interpreted all that as meaning there had been an initial flurry of excitement that, for some, died quickly & they fled.
Also, I've been looking at the current users, names in the list of posts on the index page, & total post count at least once a day for ~2 weeks, and haven't seen any new names in green or red (much less many new/unfamiliar names). For example, right now the people on-site are "ceepolk, Flewellyn, Grimalkin, Hendrake, piegasm, Sylvia Sybil" and 1-2 hrs ago it was just "Xanthe" (no longer green).
So - are you sure the 4 or 5 are new mods (as opposed to very-original mods who were never demodded but aren't active)?