Good post.
With regards to new mods, backgrounds are posted in the sections they are responsible for, so for example, Mandi and I have our associations with fitness and bodybuilding in the Women's Forum.
Scotsman has more info about himself in the Powerlifting and Weightlifting forums.
As I mentioned in an intro thread in chat, I rarely post in chat. My focus on Elite is diet and training, with a particular focus on women.
With regard to AAS, there are a lot of peeps out there who have never competed in a sport to the national level, or never competed at all, but they may still have the background, education and experience that does qualify them to give advice.
Especially to others who never have any intention of competing, and a lot of the lads on this board fall into this category.