Your earlier reader who commented on the amount of material here is on the money on both points. It is designed for people who want to read a lot quickly though. I’ve found my reading speed increased a great deal when I started using an aggregator - this is much the same, but it’s way more handsome! and the forums are a great idea. I think it is simply brilliant.  You have taken the best ideas from Chekhov’s Mistress - less text, more dynamic pages, some hidden link action - and zoomed off with them. I’m going to let my library school know about this site, they can use it for website evaluation class.
BTW how is the sponsorship coming along? Good to see the Soft Skulls in there.