Curator as editor, translator or god? Edited CRUMB discussion list

Even something as basic and established as an online discussion list can present a slew of decisions concerning control and reception that could be described as editorial or curatorial. To moderate or not to moderate, and how? Digest or individual posts? How to deal with domineering members? How open or directive to be in debate? The CRUMB discussion list1 has been a forum for the discussion of issues for curating new media art since 2001