| What's the advantage of removing posts and comments after 24 hours? I'll list the negatives. 1. You kill all of your organic traffic. Google isn't going to index your deleted posts and comments, so no one is going to be visiting your site through search engines. 2. If I write a thoughtful comment, I can't return the next day to see replies, because everything is gone. 3. I can't bookmark interesting discussions, or share them on social media. The voting system is actually a positive for Reddit/HN, since it separates the interesting submissions and comments from the low quality ones. That's the reason most people sort submissions and comments on Reddit/HN by 'Best' instead of 'New'. However, you took the 'New' section that no one likes to browse, and made it the only way to view your site. That's not good. On a side note, the navigation drop downs don't open when viewing a post. As for positives, you made a basic Reddit/HN clone, congrats. I'm not being sarcastic, the site is functional, it's easy to browse, and easy to read. You have the skills to make a successful project, you just need a different idea, or a much better spin on the Reddit/HN concept. |