I like it. Live part of the link is a little subtle (just the arrow). Maybe make the whole heading live? Just mousing over it I'd never have known there were links.

A bit of a report from a MeFi meet up last night. Very small sample size of active MeFites just assumed that if political posts at Metafilter can be scary and snarky, this site is probably suicidal. Since exactly the opposite is true, just wondering how to get the word out that this is a reasonably safe site to express your views.

Thanks for the feedback. Good points about the links, maybe make the comment itself the link?

As to the rest, it's still a small site, which has it's pluses and minuses. It can feel cozy and it can feel a bit sparse, but looking back over the short amount of time, it's probably better that it's small and slowly growing. A large growth spurt would probably fuel flame wars, which is what I'd like to avoid.

If Mefi comments were referenced (via) that would maybe persyuade more people to come and have a look. The drive by snarkers will probably not bother as they will think there is too small an audience for their pithy wisdom

Sure, as long as it doesn't come off as "stop talking about this on Metafilter and go here" People have actually done that in the past and that seems ok.

Re links-- I'd say anything that shows up in a casual mouse-over. Comment or heading. Sorry about semi-hijacking the thread!

Ok, the comment itself is the link now, visible on mouseover.