The only advantage to more moderators would be additional perspective. I'm not trying to imply that that is even needed either. I think the mods who are active do a phenomenal job of keeping this place consistant.
However, it does seem redundant and dare I say hypocritical that most mods aren't even active here in any sense of the word, while its clear they are still active in the scene. I feel, somehow, betrayed. I came to this site because it was insanely helpful. People were really cool and more than that, diverse. (Looking at you saskrotch.) You could sense the relief everyone had from 8bc being over. It was great having the two parralels when both were still active.
Now I check this site multiple times a day. Its just another release that has potential but nobody cares about (however that new wizwars is amazing). Stuff about FM synths that I don't really understand/care about (my problem, not yours). And a healthy dose of just plain wtf is going on.
My original question still stands though: who owns this site? Someone is paying for it. Where is trash80? Is it under active development? What happened to the twitter feed? I think that was a great way to keep everyone on the same page. Weird as it may sound it felt like someone was watching down and in charge.
Is it possible that the chipmusic scene is just too big to really be contained in one community any more? A suggestion I would have would be to form a web ring of other related sites that serve a more specific interest.
I hope I don't sound like I'm just complaining, I'm just trying to understand what is going on and how we got here.
