Well, midori, for me the real issue is that GOTD just thinks it's better to tell us as little as possible. I think this is why some people, especially newbies, get the idea that they don't care. I've seen a lot of businesses do this. They treat EVERY issue like it's valuable propietary information, like it's a friggin state secret. And, most of the time, the things they're afraid to say are trivial things no one would care about if they knew. Look at GOTDs official structure. As far as I know, the project's originator is Russian, but whether he's still there or is an expatriate...? The project's registered to some place in the Carribbean, and it uses Pacific Time, probably because that's were the server (servers?) are. Let's just say I've got it right. Who cares! None of that changes my life in any way, shape, or form. Other than, if the latter's true, I can understand why the new software comes at 3 a.m. for me. So knowing makes me sympathetic. It doesn't hurt GOTD in my eyes at all.
Now, there may be moderators that are saying, "You've got it all wrong!" Yet, nobody goes out of there way to set anybody straight. WHY?!? None of this needs to be any deep, dark secret.
Again, the crux of almost all my complaints in this forum is my opinion that GOTD hurts itself by being so tight lipped. We could be more sympathetic, and especially, defend the project to newbies better if most of the information wasn't treated like the "name of the unspeakable demon god". Like we were going to be dragged to the underworld by demons if GOTD dared share these deep, dark secrets with us. Please! If the servers down, I know it's down whether you admit or not. Why not just tell me you're working on it? Wouldn't that be better? The developers see all these comments saying "I can't get through" and draw their own conclusions whether GOTD admits it or not. Surely, saying they're working on it would be better for their image!
