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
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 Sterling, Bruce
Thus an MS-DOS sysop might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
Others are private and restricted only to personal friends of the sysop.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
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 Sterling, Bruce
