Most of us do this to some degree. We are no longer just consumers of content, we have become curators of it too.
If someone approached me even five years ago and explained that one day in the near future I would be filtering, collecting and sharing content for thousands of perfect strangers to read — and doing it for free — I would have responded with a pretty perplexed look. Yet today I can’t imagine living in a world where I don’t filter, collect and share.
Yes, maybe, but...
It isn't exactly controlled serendipity, it is more creating structures which allow one to control that which otherwise would be left to serendipity. So, in many ways, it is not in the least serendipitous. It is, however, the use of channels or paths that are unusual, but are adapted for an organizational, a resource-finding purpose that were not originally designed for this. It is path making.
