Who are the Ask-public "trusty moderators?" How many of them are there? Have they ever "censored" your otherwise free speech in this ask-publicworld?

Who are the Ask-public "trusty moderators?" How many of them are there? Have they ever "censored" your otherwise free speech in this ask-publicworld?
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I care (a little bit). This site would be awesome if it allowed a little more openness and freedom. There are other sites out there that are the same thing. If it gets to bad, you can always jump to another site. I just emailed a mod to ask a similar thing. Hmmmm.
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