Stellar is a Kottke.org preview
I’ve seen a lot of great stuff on Stellar eventually wind up on Kottke.org a few hours later or the next day. I can see why Jason built this thingamajigie. And if that’s not the reason why he built it, it’s interesting to see how closely the creation mirrors its creator — for now, that is. Stellar is still a closed community while it’s in beta — so the folks on there are only a degree or three away from Jason. Makes sense that the material surfacing there reflects his taste.
Jason better watch out! He might be building an auto-generating Kottkebot.
Insightful post from early blogger Adam Kuban about what makes Stellar so fun. In his conclusion he notes that Stellar is a kottke.org preview of sorts; I might offer that Stellar is simply a form of microblogging that encourages self-restraint and meaningful curation (for the reasons Adam notes) and that, not it's small group of beta testers, is why the site is so compelling. Of course the ethos of self-restraint and meaningful curation is reflective of the site's creator.
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