sysop
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According to a 2021 RfA inquiry hosted on Wikipedia, “Because RfA carries with it lifetime tenure, granting any given editor sysop feels incredibly important. This creates a risk-adverse and high-stakes atmosphere.”
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2022
Second comes the supervised board, where the sysop breaks in every once in a while to tidy up, calm brawls, issue announcements, and rid the community of dolts and troublemakers.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
Terminus had once been sysop of a phreak/hack underground board called "MetroNet," which ran on an Apple II.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
First, we have the completely open board, whose sysop is off chugging brews and watching re-runs while his users generally degenerate over time into peevish anarchy and eventual silence.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
There is the completely anonymous board, where everyone uses pseudonyms—"handles"—and even the sysop is unaware of the user's true identity.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
