Fantastic.

I am in a very similar situation, minus having something to show yet.

So the content currently shown on HubSki came from where? Users/Yourself submitted it?

A UI note, the color scheme for me is really tough on the eyes... far too cold and makes i hard to read the links (I have the same issue with Quora - the cold blue links are too tough - which is interesting because the temp of blue used on reddit isnt a problem - but I would suggest doing A/B with some other colors.

The karma/clout model sounds really really interesting.