Check it out at http://medaform.com<p>What's different? Well, links are randomly selected with a weight relative to their score and age (think of it as a raffle system where links with higher scores have more tickets). So instead of using votes to rank content, I use them to alter how much exposure a link gets.<p>I'd appreciate feedback on where I can improve and some advice on how to make the site grow.
Two Tips:<p>1) I would default on the light screen. Just easier to read (and change the orange text up top).<p>2) A WTF link somewhere may be good to explain how it works / what the idea is.
Some quick thoughts:<p>1) Indispensable: add a rss feed: many people read news sites using a RSS Reader instead of going to the site.<p>2) Two or three columns will be nice for a quick view without scroll.<p>3) Quickly add an openid/facebook/google login.<p>4) Comments: Although I don't like to distribute for the same URL in a zillion of sites, add something like disqus and forget to develop comments again.
By default, open the link in a new tab/window, a la Google Reader. And I agree, some kind of standard syndication is key: Atom, RSS, etc.<p>That said, it's got a decent hit rate of showing me links I'm interested in so far.