This thread is not all about MASS. We are not sure whether this thread is official thread of MASS or its promoted by some of its investor. You can go and explore what MASS is on there site. It not just about a coin that can be mined there are many things this coin.
I don't know what you are talking about. This thread is purely for MASS and it doesn't matter who is admin of it. This is a platform where all members of bitcointalk.org are free to discuss MASS. The creator of this thread is very much silent which is not a good sign.
But you have to accept the fact that despite the silence of OP. This is a project that is still active upto some extent. Normally projects who teams are silent never run for long but this project is up and running for almost 2 to 3 years. Even today it has volume of 0.7 million USD, which clearly indicates that its up and running.