- easily create account
- has unique url's (important if you want to cut+paste, send to others)
- email authorisation in reasonable time
- basic customisation (as expected) though no memorable default icon (think twitter, flickr)
- each post has unique url (good so I can refer to them in the future).
- not sure of post size limit (twit is 140 characters) what is chatterous?
- entry box needs a few visual feedback indicators (not important just yet) what will be clipped when sent to sms?
- links in comments are not rendered as links but text (how are long urls handled? tinyurl like twitter is bad - I don't know the solution?)
Only the creation side which always leads to the next bit convincing your friends that they need to get on board. From flickr to twitter, twitter to friendfeed this has been the bane of my life on any "social-service". I don't have any real suggestions [0] other than an observation on icons. Most of my twitter friends who I know from flickr use recognisable icons. So when I saw the icons on friendfeed I could sign them on immediately.
[0] All companies are suffering because of this. No company wants to give away their users friends list. Though the first company that allows easy access to friends will be my customer for life. When is this problem going to be solved?