Ask HN: Rate my site

Just from the url, i was excited to check it out. Great name. But then I get to the site and I'm like... peach or salmon color or whatever that is??? Really??

The last thing that jumps out on the page is the content. The share links and ads are overwhelming.

Your design doesn't fit your mood. You don't have to come up with a design all yourself, just steal the features you like from other sites.

I think something like the bing.com design could work REALLY well for your site. Some bright and inspiring fotogs, then maybe a translucent block to hold the content.

Don't be afraid to make the content for people to read in a big font. The length of each individual peace of content is so small that it doesn't matter if it stretches onto a few lines.

If you look at the page right now, the ads are the most prominent thing, and clearly, I didn't go to your site to look at ads. So make sure your content does the talking, and they are the first thing the user looks at.

I suggest you remove email verification and add it later once you have traction.

You shouldn't fight spam until spam fights you... until then, you are just discouraging users.

First is impression is the share links overwhelm the design. If share was just a simple link I don't think I'd been as bothered. The issue is they stand out too much.

(I personally don't care for share links so take my impressions on them lightly)

I did a live version of this kind of site. Very simplistic and anonymous. Haven't done much with it because I've moved on to other projects. http://lovingthat.com and http://complainaboutthat.com

make the font of the content bigger :)

also, a much smaller point: consider putting in ads later when traffic makes it legitimate to put an ad in. for now the zoosk ad that I see does not match in the spirit of the type of content you probably are trying to bring in.

I like the generally idea of a positive FML-type site and I love the domain, but really, ads already? Sacrificing user experience for an extra $0.20 this early gives your users serious doubts about your intent in building a great destination site/community site.

I like the concept and the name--and second pulling the registration, the ads, and the Share rollover. The rollover is especially annoying at the bottom of the page (i.e., in the last item) because it can interfere with Next button, about which there is very little cursor-friendly space. You could move page numbers to center, like Google, or box them, like Digg (I think). Good luck.

Nicely done, plain and simple.

You have what looks like the back-tick character sitting below your google ad box on every page.

I would change your screen name to something else, like SiteAdministrator. Creator is a little too Old Testament. :)

Welp.

I submitted this several hours ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1189162

I like your site, how have you been attracting users?

Seems kind of like a trivial me-too site.

Another one of these. And this one seems to be used by older people.

The only one of these that's really good is mylifeisaverage