One warning.<p>It is very easy for people to have bad experiences, decide that they know what went wrong, then proceed to act on those theories. However hindsight is not 20/20, it is just speculation in the absence of being able to be proven wrong.<p>Therefore until you've either had feedback from people you trust, or have a success under your belt, it is wise to temper all "lessons learned" with the provisional, "I suspect" and the emphatic "I was wrong before, and may be again." This is difficult, but it is only when we keep track not just of what we think we know, but how certain we are that we know it, that we truly put ourselves in a position to actually learn from experience.<p>Now feedback on the new platform, WTF. Any site which seeks to offer users feedback from other users, needs to do some careful thinking about how you're going to attract people who are worth getting feedback from. Else you won't attract a pool of people giving feedback who are worth listening to. That is why <i>Ask HN</i> can work - there are a lot of people already here who can offer good feedback and sometimes do. But they are not here <i>because</i> they want to offer that feedback 24/7. And if this site became nothing but Ask HN, then they wouldn't stay.<p>I can't tell you how to get the people you want involved. You'll need to form your own theory. I believe there are multiple possible successful strategies. I also can't tell you how to monetize it. From what I've seen discussion forums tend to be popular but don't monetize that well. (Though if the feedback you get allows you to launch a successful parallel startup, maybe that is good enough for you?) However if you aren't constantly trying/testing your own theories around those central questions, I guarantee that you'll not find workable answers.