[trcollinson]

Wow, this is really a neat product. I see so much potential here! It might be an uphill battle. Heck, a lot of good ideas are an uphill battle. Keep going!

Now, as for monetization. AdSense is simple and certainly ubiquitous but it is not the only game in town. There are a lot of advertising networks that pay very well. I would imagine that if you got your user base up you could have some very direct advertising areas.

One thing I would push for quickly is a way to ingrain the advertising a bit closer to the content. If you can do so in a elegant way, I think you'll be onto something. I imagine a "story" at the top of each reddit feed actually being a paid advertisement. You can even mark it as paid, no need to try to trick people into clicking on things. If you can find a way to target the "lists" with content specific ads, I think you'll have a big win. It's not as hard as it seems.

I, for one, will be using your service.