[citricsquid]

I would never use the site, aim it at high schoolers, but you've been beaten there by threewords.me (same concept) and formspring.

Feedback from a quick glance: Don't put adverts on a site with no traffic, first build up your userbase and then implement adverts. Having a big banner advert at the top of your site when I first load it is very unprofessional and puts me off. Secondly, don't require signup before completing the action, let me give feedback and THEN after I submit encourage me to signup, once I've submitted the feedback I'm much more likely to finish the sign up than if you make me do it BEFORE. The site design and layout is just so unwelcoming, I just sent myself "feedback" and both the email and resulting page do nothing to explain WHAT on earth this is, "Someone has sent you personal feedback. If you'd like to read this feedback, please click on the link below" there is no explanation what "personal feedback" means. The email should open with ~20 words explaining what the site is and THEN explain I've been given feedback.

[whatdoyouthink]

Thanks citricsquid; realizing now that we need to take the ads down. thanks also for feedback on email. we can add some clarification points to help the receiver understand.