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You guys have a red rating on WOT:

http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/emotions.com

The sole negative review is:

"Spamvertised - Registered at GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. "

Given that 370k+ people use WOT (on Chrome), and the add on has a 4.5/5 rating by 1881 users, I'd say that a decent amount of people use WOT and I personally don't look at sites with a red WOT unless the reasons are bad.

Now there's no reason for you guys to get a 1/100 for child safety just because you "spamvertised" somewhere, but you should report the review to WOT so they can adjust it.

As for the website, I'm not a fan of the "bienvenue stranger." Calling a visitor a stranger just sort of alienates them.

Also, you're whole site's pitch is "share anonymously," so why do I have to register? I know the reason is so I can track my posts, responses, and all that stuff, but even on the register post you say "Share your emotions anonymously" and right under you say "Register and join the community," and that just seems a bit contradictory to me. I would be more inclined to register if you made it clear that by registering I could track my posts.

Alternatively, let me post my question, and before I leave, ask me to register so that I can keep track of my stuff. Make it clear that there are advantages to registering.

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I'm not going to get into the motivation/need for the site at all, but here's a brief review of concrete usability issues with the site.

Why does it require signing up for a profile? Isn't this about anonymous sharing?

Are all the faces supposed to be happy? That's all I see. Or do they reflect the mood of the post? Why aren't any angry/sad faces on the front page?

Why are the big "1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5" numbers needed on the far left of every story?

"Make an account by clicking here" has horrible link usability. Links should be colored (preferably blue) and underlined. Plus "click here" should never be the anchor text. Same with the "Click to Login" link.

The padding around your header menu items is not clickable. Give them the "hand" mouse cursor too. The underline-on-highlight there is not needed.

Putting random jibberish into the "post a new thread" feature then clicking submit does not appear to do anything. Just clears the fields. Is that malfunctioning validation, or does the feature not work?

You need to "fake it til you make it". Why should I contribute to this site if the front page is entirely links that are 3+ weeks old and have 0 comments?