Also, there is an undercurrent of anger and shunning for people who sponsor their own sites. That should change, as it seems like a good way to generate income for the site. Unforunately, there are a number of incredibly mean people on the site. BTW, I am an economics major, and price is often a great tool and should be up for consideration for implementin on various features. Oh, and what of the "classic ytmnd" check box? Will a classic ytmnd section be created?
Also, maybe the entire database of sites can be divided into blocks and slowly rotated daily into a special area for mass voting. Any sites that end up with below 2 stars could potentially be cut. Again, I advise against invites, registered only to view, or mass deletions. Those things also can cut deeply into traffic and ergo ad revenue. That is if ad revenue for extra traffic outpaces the cost.
Deleting all sites... throws everything out, bad with good. If only bad stuff seems to coming in now, if you throw it all out, all good stuff of the past will be gone, and only bad new sites will fill it in. Not to mention that many new users like me came well after ytmnd was created, and are still coming, so fads seen as old and stale are actually seen as hilarious and fresh to them. Might I suggest an editor to go through and make lists of editor's picks for that day, or that week, and so on.
Invite only, only registered can view, and deleting all sites are all inadvisable. Invite only might turn it into a very small, clique only site completely cut off from the public. Then, what is the point making a ytmnd if it might only be seen by a few people and can't be seen by outsiders? On the other hand, invites could propogate exponentially anyway until it ceases to be of any usefullness in restricting users. Gmail is by invite only, and how many people can't get a gmail account if they want one?
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