Sam Epstein

That would be as good a place as any to start. I think the first couple things I'd like to see would be: - getting the front page, - posting...

Exactly! I think self posts is what Reddit calls them. The discussions on those are often way better than on standard posts with links.

+1 Otherwise comment lists are largely useless, because so much context is lost.

+1 Perhaps also button for upboating?

+1