There's something to be said for both sides, although giving attention to people and suffering is more important. I will definitely try to do more of both in another sideproject.
Type of description can range from "Woot-hilarious" to "Uncrate-minimal", but SOME kind of text to describe why that particular object was curated, and perhaps why it was chosen against some competitors would be great.
It's a similar idea to Uncrate (though they do more than one thing daily), but I'd look around at their site to see what you do and don't like.
Uncrate is a great site. I'm trying to differentiate by keeping it to one product a day. I hope I can keep the quality of products that I curate high that way. I'll also try to keep it at products that are more or less affordable.
Is there a way to rethink the nav? Maybe have a look at how Medium does it: https://medium.com/obvious/83effd466520