Welcome to ^humannode!
- New User's Introduction to the BBS
+ New User's Introduction to the site
This is an introduction to ^humannode and to the Citadel BBS concept.
It is intended for new users so that they can more easily become
The second is Mail>. In Mail>, when you post a messages, you are
prompted to enter the person (handle) who you want to send the message
to. Only the person who you send the message to can read the message.
-NO ONE else can read it, not even the aides. Mail> is the first room
+NO ONE else can read it, not even the admins. Mail> is the first room
on the scanlist, and is un-<Z>appable, so you can be sure that the
person will get the message.
- System aides
- ------------
- These people, along with the room aides, keep the BBS running
-smoothly.
+ System admins
+ -------------
+ These people, along with the room admins, keep the site running smoothly.
- Among the many things that aides do are: create rooms, delete
+ Among the many things that admins do are: create rooms, delete
rooms, set access levels, invite users, check registration, grant
-room aide status, and countless other things. They have access to the
-Aide> room, a special room only for aides.
+room admin status, and countless other things. They have access to the
+Aide> room, a special room only for admins.
If you enter a mail message to "Sysop" it will be placed in the
-Aide> room so that the next aide online will read it and deal with it.
-Aides cannot <Z>ap rooms. All the rooms are always on each aide's
-scanlist. Aides can read *any* and *every* room, but they *CAN* *NOT*
+Aide> room so that the next admin online will read it and deal with it.
+Admins cannot <Z>ap rooms. All the rooms are always on each admin's
+scanlist. Admins can read *any* and *every* room, but they *CAN* *NOT*
read other user's Mail!
- Room aides
- ----------
- Room aides are granted special privileges in rooms that they aide.
-They are *NOT* true system aides; their power extends only over the
-rooms that they control, and they answer to the system aides.
+ Room admins
+ -----------
+ Room admins are granted special privileges in specific rooms.
+They are *NOT* true system admins; their power extends only over the
+rooms that they control, and they answer to the system admins.
- A room aide's job is to keep the topic of the their room on track,
-with nudges in the right direction now and then. A room aide can also
+ A room admin's job is to keep the topic of the their room on track,
+with nudges in the right direction now and then. A room admin can also
move an off topic post to another room, or delete a post, if he/she
feels it is necessary.
- Currently, very few rooms have room aides. Most rooms do not need
-their own specific room aide. Being a room aide requires a certain
+ Currently, very few rooms have room admins. Most rooms do not need
+their own specific room admin. Being a room admin requires a certain
amount of trust, due to the additional privileges granted.
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