I didn't know that TheQuin is still part of freebitco.in team. It seems that he lost interest in participation on the forum since he changed positions. Too bad, because he could tell us what is really going on there since he still works there.
We can't really be sure that freebitco.in PR told the truth about TheQuin.
TheQuin was very active until October, 2023 and he was always responsive to users. After that, he became less active and he has never been online in the past 9 months. I highly doubt TheQuin is still working with freebitco.