# Chicago Reader changes hands **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-changes-hands/413020 "2007-07-24T23:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-changes-hands/413020/121 "2007-07-30T02:08:48Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] Oh heck, I _hope_ the board is going to stay alive and _not_ be filled up with leet and avatars. [/QUOTE] Is it due to the Mods that it isn’t now? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-changes-hands/413020/122 "2007-07-30T02:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Is it due to the Mods that it isn’t now? [/QUOTE] I don’t think so; I think it’s due to the people who create and maintain the site, the moderators, and the posters who would all leave if this place turned leet speak and dancing sigs. A general consensus, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-changes-hands/413020/123 "2007-07-30T04:34:09Z")
I for one welcome our new Loafing Overlords. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-changes-hands/413020.md?page=6)