one problem is that the site is missing a lot of features that people have come to expect from social media platforms. lack of private messaging for example, severely limits depth of connections to other users.

and does anyone know where to view metrics? like is there a site that graphs info like # of users over time? i'm curious as to whether it actually is growing and how fast. i think if the devs worked on the site a bit (just on the features) and put some money into marketing/promoting, this could be very successful and lucrative for some users.