Just wanted to say thank you all again for the valuable feedback. I have taken many of the suggestions from here and updated the site's landing page to be less

Just wanted to say thank you all again for the valuable feedback. I have taken many of the suggestions from here and updated the site's landing page to be less wordy and more to the point. Also, I have streamlined the signup process so that you no longer have to validate your email address (although now I probably need to add a CAPTCHA or something at least). I've also added in a new user help page that you are taken to upon signing up that tries to give some pointers on what to do next rather than just dumping you on your profile page. Again, thank you all for the feedback!