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
The sysop himself is likely pseudonymous on a board of this type.
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
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
Others are private and restricted only to personal friends of the sysop.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
