# Props to ecg, and mods, and when they feel talkative in non ATMB forums

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**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-to-ecg-and-mods-and-when-they-feel-talkative-in-non-atmb-forums/787220 "2017-05-22T17:55:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-to-ecg-and-mods-and-when-they-feel-talkative-in-non-atmb-forums/787220/21 "2017-05-28T18:40:06Z")

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> [@jz78817](#):
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> I’ve been on other boards where the moderators are
> 
> 1. Anonymous, and
> 2. not contactable.

The ones I always hated, even though I was one for a while, was the old AOL board and chat system where your identity as a participant and your identity as a “Host” were different with the latter usually being hidden and/or secret. Something in that was what drove me to places like this.

OK – their total collapse had something to do with it as well. But still …

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