For example, while the author of this particular mod is actually online while I type this and has been active in various other threads (leading me to hope that maybe they are just really really busy), none of this person's mods have been updated for 9 months.
On top of that, the mod I'm particularly interested in has had it's thread neglected for that same period of time ... there are currently over 30 pages of posts without a single response from the mod author, but with 3 and 4 posts each page form other "Support Specialists".
I have been contacted by someone who created a replacement for this particular mod, fixing many of the bugs and rewriting the back end to be more logical. However, his mod was not approved because it is too similar to the original, unsupported and ignored, mod.
Given the choice between an officially approved but buggy and unsupported mod and an unofficial but bug-free and supported one, I have to say I would choose the support. I believe in helping people out, so I thought I would ask and see if there's anything that can be done to "dethrone" the current official mod and let the supported one be put in it's place?