Nice job man. The whole process from the user's end is about as simple and painless as it can get - something that, if done poorly, will kill a site quicker then anything. Nice concept and seemingly small/few bugs/issues for a just launched site. Kudos!
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#42Why did you name it SlinkSet?
What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
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#43I find the star with an inverted star below it for up/downvoting a little off.
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#44very cool - i've been waiting for something like this for ages. can i please echo the request for a webpage plug-in? it'd be nice to drag and drop this into something else rather than have the visitor leave my space.
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#45Great work Brett. Very polished for getting started. You need to figure out how you can beat Reddit's new "build your own reddit" system. Maybe focusing on certain niches like families that like to share links (mine!), pet lovers, sports fans, etc. I think you could make fast inroads by figuring out how you can target folks like that rather than going after reddit.com head on.
Im curious as to why you think reddit can't serve those niches right now? You can create a private reddit just for you and your family, you can create a pet lover reddit, a reddit for you favorite sports team, etc. Is this perhaps a marketing problem of reddit's?
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#46It would be nice to have some kind of preview feature, either in the form of a demo, or existing pages.
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#47Add comments (or use disqus) and allow people to use their own domains.
We actually have comments. Clearly that's not obvious if you are not logged in (and no one has yet commented on a link on the page). Something we should look at.
You should make the comment link visible, but require registration to actually post a comment. You should not hide any features from unregistered users, just require registration before they are used.