Rate my startup: iter8r

[patio11]

I have color coded an image for you.

http://www.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/iter8r-review...

Do you need me to elaborate?

[jhancock]

one of the most effective pieces of feedback I've seen in a long time!!

[runinit]

The "read", "post", and "history" tabs are far to large in my opinion. The fonts could also use some work..

[swombat]

Too much focus on who's gonna get what part of the money, before you're making any money whatsoever.

"Iter8r is a social bookmarking website that enables users to post and discover interesting articles and have discussions around them."

Don't mean to be dismissive, but that doesn't really sound like such a compelling proposition. How is this better than HN? Or Delicious? Or Reddit?

[bravura]

If he makes the data API truly open, as he says he will, it is incredibly enabling for a wide variety of 3rd-party applications to build on top. I'm not saying this will happen necessarily, but iter8r could potentially see a whole ecosystem built on top of its platform. That is, of course, if people use access to all the data.

[pmichaud]

This is begging to be gamed -- people game for "karma" at most sites, and if karma is cash on yours, people will get ruthless.

[almost]

In what possible world would the "share" assigned to each user ever be amount to something big enough to be visible with the naked eye?

Sorry to be snarky but this idea seems so ridiculously silly that I just can't comprehend how anyone could entertain it for even a second. What am I missing?

[raopm]

I believe the better question to ask is: If a community had to distribute profits what is the most equitable way to do it?

[pwpwp]

Meta: I think it would be very helpful if "rate my startup" posts would include a short description of what the startup does in the title.

[raopm]

Can you suggest an edit that would be useful?

Here are some that I can think of: iter8r - A community operated social news site iter8r - Because transparency is not a just a plastic film :-) iter8r - We are "Open for business"

[notauser]

I was slightly confused about the design of the front page until I realised you had nicely pointed us to the FAQ.

I'm always slightly sceptical of companies that are 'just like X, only with an innovative ownership scheme'. What made you decide to go down that route?

[raopm]

If startups believe that Web 2.0 is all about users, then we must find a way to really engage with them. Web 2.0 users are savvy, have a strong sense of community. Then why treat them as just passive consumers. Debian (spi-inc) allows users to graduate to board members. We would like a Web 2.0 company to do the same.

[NoBSWebDesign]

It doesn't seem like anyone's problems are really being solved. I accomplish all of this with Hacker News, Delicious, Digg, and my own browser bookmarks. If I tried to become involved in every company whose products I use, I would not have time to create my own company/products.

I can appreciate your enthusiasm for community and the web, but I think your passion may be better served elsewhere.

edit Then again, maybe I'm just not your target user/owner.

[bravura]

I would love an invite, but the invite request link is broken. Could you please email me one? I have an idea I'd like to share with you.

[raopm]

Sorry.

Can you use the about/contact page?

[andhapp]

Work on the UI...and you need to simplify the language in some sort of Elevator style pitch. No one would spend time in looking for what it does...and how it stands I had to spend a bit of time. So, Kaizan

[dionidium]

That limerick is a disaster.

[raopm]

You can submit your patch :-)

[PonyGumbo]

I think the hardest thing for a site like this is ramping up from nothing, and the invitation-only / revenue split is an interesting way of approaching that problem.

[DanHulton]

Please take the limerick off there, or write a new one perhaps. Rhyme only counts for so much - meter is rather important.

[raopm]

If you have questions or comments, please use feedback at iter8r dot com

Thanks.

[bravura]

Another suggestion: Take the ads down for the time being.

[twert]

wow. you may just become the next big amway8r!