I'm pretty confident in the idea but from what I know about YC I can see a few reasons why they'd be reluctant to select me -- I'm the sole founder, I'm more of a designer than a coder, and the amount of work I've done already makes it unclear what I need another three months to accomplish. I had a lot of fun filling out the application though.
We should talk. I'm more of a developer than a designer, with a little marketing mixed in. A recent project is www.searchartgalleries.com
I'm working on an idea that has some commonality with streem. I was wondering if you'd like to talk to see if we could combine forces. Email logan \@\ henriquez.net
Have you thought about a browser button or bookmarklet?
Awesome Highlighter is a cool idea.
I'd like to hear more about what you're working on.
Less words on front page might help. I was curious about how you were going to have a different style of conversation, but after looking around for a bit, it seems like, as you said, a tumblelog and friend feed.
As an aside, I liked the parens in the menus, as it gives it a different look.