[maxmwood]

Perhaps job wasn't the best word to use but I think you understood what I meant anyway. As for going round in circles, I think browsing Reddit is like being stuck in the same conversation day in, day out.

Our centerpiece is the discussion system/self posting. We're still working towards a mvp so it doesn't offer much more than what Reddit/HN does at this moment in time.

The site does still revolve around a list of stories, we toyed with the idea of having a grid-like view but ultimately we think that a list is still the most efficient way of finding something you want to read. I'm open to suggestions but I really can't stand are websites that try to be smarter than the user by trying to anticipate what the user would want to read.

This seems to be often done through really basic methods such as a "What are you interested in?" tickbox questionnaire. If the recommendations suck the first time, I'm not going to keep using the site to even begin improving those recommendations.

I believe the real centerpiece would eventually be the community though. Hopefully we'd attract a similar level of interesting and thoughtful users as on HN but cover a wider range of topics.

[netcan]

good luck :)