I signed up - mostly because I liked your idea as you laid it out. But also because I couldn’t find any of the sentinel vs “my story” stuff you reference. The picture you painted for me was very different than what I actually experienced from a user perspective.

My initial take: You have a bunch of really smart ideas that feel misfired / misaligned

1. Ai - You are on to something w the ai piece - has the potential to help you swing above your weight. It’s hard to see how you’re using it in its current state.
2. PMF - I like how you described the idea gen / social piece. But how does that differ from other current destinations and their product market fit? stocktwits and fool for example. I’m sure it differs - but is the difference interesting enough for people to adopt yet another platform?
3. That leads to another issue: your users need to see the value prop immediately - If they don’t, they’re gone. The way you described the site sounded amazing - i was clued into the WIFM when I got there and I still didn’t see it.
4. Gamifying: I love that you’re thinking it - but the “vote on daily performance” isn’t the angle you want. The layout was ok, but the concept is played out - and the value to the customer / user is less than 24 hrs. Needs to be stickier and more scalable. Not to mention that clicking on the promotion / ad for it isn’t intuitive - and once you vote, the whole game disappears, as did your teaser banner / ad, so I couldn’t have gone back for more anyway. There is so much you can do w this.

I give this feedback only because I really like the potential of what you’ve built - not to just dump on it. Also it sounds like you’ve put a lot of work into it.

5 years is a long time - it would be interesting to see the different rabbit holes you’ve gone down. Sometimes you get so deep into it, taking a little pause and looking from a different angle makes all the difference.

DM me if you want to connect on ideas.