So why still the need for secrecy ?

when most modern internet forums are run quite smoothly enough
by volunteer mods and admins
who confidently accept the responsibility and status of their role
by openly & publicly disclosing their position and "board ID"
to all other members subject to their authority ?

.. could it possibly be because the average age at mudcat
is possibly more 'senior' than most other public music forums,
and members here are of a generation that grew up
conditioned by the paternalistic culural politics, suspicion & paranoia
of the "Cold War" era ?????


..or maybe not !!??


Btw, in the ouside 3D world I have encountered many voluntary arts institutions
and shared interest 'hobby' groups
where the social interaction of members is manipulated and poisoned
by the furtive behind-closed-doors intrigues, plotting and backstabbings,
indulged in by elderly commitee office holders..

..seems there are always so many vain vindictive old monsters desperate to cling to power and influence
at any cost
to everyone else but themselves..

[ even in the most petty and insignificant local social groupings ]

..but as I said, thats just Btw........