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Nice interface, really like the design. That being said there is no content, this will be very hard to get off the ground. You need to get very creative to kick-start this a make it a valuable alternative to Reddit.

Some ideas: 1. Focus on a niche; Reddit is the king of general AMA's, what's your edge? Why would I use your site? 2. Kick start your content by getting well known people in your niche to host an AMA 3. Forget this idea, use your talent to build something else! :)

Thanks. I will go with number 3. ;-)

For what reason would someone choose to use this over reddit?

This seems to be more specific for AMAs. Reddit has a huge user-base which makes it ideal for pop-icons AMAs though. It's nice however, I like the layout.

That's correct. But I Dont think it is the user base that make Reddit so appealing for celebs. I think it's because there is no other way to do AMA today. And when someone asks where to host an AMA the obvious answer is reddit. The fans go wherever the cekeb goes. We dont have a choice

For what reason would someone choose to use Quora over Ask(subreddit)?

(Serious question as I have no idea)

This is true.

Your whitespace is all over the place. Try to keep things more bunched up. Like this: http://i.imgur.com/LaR1gaH.png

The looping 1-Up gif tends to be distracting as well.

This. 1000x this. Removing the distracting gif (and adding a little padding below the PayPal thing) makes it better, in my opinion: http://i.imgur.com/PzDCCL0.png

I don't see how this could work without a large base community. Reddit has tens of millions of users, which makes the AMA concept work (win/win for both sides). However, Reddit AMAs aren't that mainstream though, and there could be a way to extend this concept into the reach of Facebook's billion+ users. So, I think the only way to make this work would be tight integration into Facebook, and possibly a mobile app. Monetization strategy could be to make the AMA hosts pay depending on the size of the reached audience.

I agree, you need to develop it further, not just make an /r/iama clone with some popular design patterns applied to it.

That GIF of the mushroom is straight up painful.

You should really look into not including your site development posts within the Tags feature on the right of the screen. I clicked them expecting to be legitimate AMAs related to that tag (e.g. 'Google' tag being a Google employee), but it's just a moderator explaining a new feature which is frustrating to the user.

Really great great feedback. So i will start with the obvious and remove the so loved mushroom. And do some cleaning on my tags. As for growth strategy more high profile people or just one high profile professional that has a dedicated audience will help.

Hah, I have thought so many times about making something like this since I am not fond of Reddit as an interface for AMAs. But every time I just stopped at thought how am I going to lure people away from r/IAMA. Good luck =)

Thanks what_ever.

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