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Just curious, who coined this term and when/in what circumstances? (aka what's the history behind the word? :-))
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 17:52
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Dunno. The word has existed for a while - we just found that it does a good job of defining the work done on the site - which has been described as "curation" to separate it more clearly from "moderation". Much of the work that curators do isn't moderation, though some falls into both categories. There's long been confusion between big M Moderators (diamond mods, elected mods, site mods, etc) and small m moderators - who are more what we're referring to as curators here - I think the need for some disambiguation exists, so I like having the two categories.
– Catija
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 17:57
@ShadowWizardisVaccinating per my recollection, first who started actively using this term with its current meaning was Martin James at MSO. Although the word itself can be found used by Shog and devinb over 10 years ago
– gnat
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 18:36
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@gnat nah - I got it from an earlier poster:)
– Martin James
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 18:46
@gnat well, but we can't know the history of this word being used internally between SE staff members.
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 18:49
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Is "Curator Team" synonymous with "Curator Support Team" and made up of SE employees? Or is it a team of Curator users?
– pkamb
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 18:56
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@pkamb re-reading the blog they are used interchangedly. In the table they use one, while in the body of the text they use the other. It would be logical they refer to the same set of Community Managers.
– Luuklag
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 19:06
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@pkamb They're synonymous - one is just shorthand for the other. :)
– Catija
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 19:12
"editing, reviewing, creating tag wikis, etc" would you say closing and deleting posts fall under this category as well? I supposed closing does since there's a close-vote queue...
– starball
Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 4:05

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