I shouldn't have to sign up and sign in to check it out. A 'public' forum page so that you can just check it out (see what people have posted) would go a long

I shouldn't have to sign up and sign in to check it out. A 'public' forum page so that you can just check it out (see what people have posted) would go a long way. 95%+ of people who use things like HN and Reddit are lurkers (I consider myself primarily a lurker). From what I can tell, it is a redding/hn clone just by looking at the landing page. (Possibly with enhancements, but who knows). Basically, I want to know what I'm signing up for that is half the problem. So it isn't clear what it does. It also isn't clear how sign in works. There is a button and it looks like I need to type in a user name and password, but there is no username or password field. Should be top right, above the button that you have. If you really think that you have 'solved' online forums, why not market it to a larger audience? Offer free public and pay-for private forums, or use ads.