The site you are seeing now is the result of nearly 5 years of effort. We have implemented new features and retracted some too along the way all I service of building a site and a community that could foster thoughtful discussion. That said, we are not a static site, meaning that if we find there is a better way to facilitate our goals, we will employ them. More often than not these "better ways" come directly from the community. My suggestion is to check out our primer use the site for a while and then let us know what you think. The sharing mechanism here is more akin to Twitter than it is reddit. For sure. Welcome!
It's like a mix of Reddit and Twitter and I love it :) I get the discussion of Reddit (small sub discussion at least) while having the connected feeling of twitter without having to reveal any personal information. Love what you're doing here!
Thank you Pete, that's really nice to hear. I hope you stick around and do let us know if you have any questions or suggestions. Cheers!