[manuscreationis]

I cannot stress enough how much of a turn off it is to see applications that only use Facebook or Twitter as their source of user authentication.

I don't have a facebook account or a twitter account, and I have no plans to get one. This makes me completely ineligible to participate in certain websites.

I understand that I am completely the anomaly here, but just be aware that by not providing an authentication mechanism for people without these accounts, you're patently telling them "I don't care to have your business".

I think it's an interesting concept, but without the ability to login and use it, I can't really give you any feedback. I would hope the purpose of using it is to help share and discover new works from other authors and storytellers, helping people spread their work while exposing them to new work as well. That sort of thing would be a major plus, feature-wise, in my opinion

[deckardt]

The login thing was something I went back and forth with. Eventually, that will be add. For now, I went with this method because (1) most people hate creating new accounts (2) I won't have the manpower or tools in place to make sure things werent spammy or for people to hide behind fictional accounts. I wanted a little bit of accountability to the stories, and with w/twitter and FB, it creates a filter and some accountability.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

[manuscreationis]

I really think you could have something cool here if you focus on the aspect of sharing and discovering new content - Maybe a bit of a weird comment from someone who avoids facebook and twitter, but I'd say a huge benefit to your users would simply be providing ways for them to quickly get their stories read by new people.

In other words, users should be able to opt-in stories into a public feed of new stories, or stories by tag/type, so that others can come along and browse by recent or tag and find new content relevant to their interests. Clearly, things should also be able to be private, and likely should be private by default.

If the service had that, and didn't require me to use Facebook/Twitter, I'd consider signing up and putting up some of my own content, as one of my biggest hurdles has always been getting what I've written in front of a wider audience of readers, for the purpose of getting a more diverse collection of critiques.

Hope you keep at it!

[deckardt]

Thanks for the extra feedback. I like focusing on the tags and interests. Some curation done by the system (or a human) could go a long way. I already get most of my views on the featured stories, so people definitely resonate with being steered where to go.

I want this to be a place that people will go if they're looking for something interesting to read, or if they have something interesting to tell. I appreciate the feedback as it will help me get there sooner!