It has become what the mods and the remaining people want. The mods like to exert authority, and a majority of those that remain love to "watch" them exert their authority.
Like kids in school loved to see other kids "get in trouble"
ooooooo johnny got detention...and I didnt, I am so much better off than johnny....as I pat myself on the back. Thats what we have there now.
Mods that treat members like shit, and members that stand on the side and cheer.applaud, and offer encouragement as they scramble to be the teachers pet. And mods get off on that type of ass kissing. Knowing people are walking on eggshells because of them.....or as some will say, modifying their normal behavior in deference to the grand executioners.