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Haha, fair enough. In either case, Ruby is my first language, and rails is the framework which I opted for~

Aye the backend could certainly use some additional processing. We're just working out the best way to approach this now. For the time being we just offer some simple sorting, tagging and categorization options, but we're working on locking down the next iteration. Thanks

Yeah we tried to keep things simple the whole way through, and our focus is solely on the enterprise, rather than an external-facing "consumer" suggestion box.

Yes, rails is my first language (aside from knowing a little bit of HTML/CSS beforehand).

I used railstutorial.org, railsforzombies, etc. and spun off from that to get Vetter up and running.

I've definitely developed a passion for development and will continue to pursue it. I currently spend an hour or two each day strictly on studying, since I still have a lot of foundational knowledge to learn (I can get things done, but not necessarily in a best-practice type way)

I went to university for film production, ha!

Definitely something to consider. The tendency to rate things higher is definitely apparent with the star-rating system, so this is something we've been considering.

You've done a good job summarizing the pros of using an upvote-only system... something to consider over the next while. Thanks

Thanks for the feedback, I'll tidy up the validations / make them more clear.

Strange about the SSL notice - I'll look into this one.

As for profitability, we're somewhere in between the two points you mentioned :)

Yes, still learning a lot about copy and design... But hopefully we will be able to improve this with time.

Good question about the Vetting - I see what you're saying about it, and we've looked at some alternative approaches, but it seems to do a good job of getting users engaged in the rating / voting process at this point.

Do you think just a suggestion box app would be too simple?

Thanks for the feedback.

Anything and everything! At this point we are definitely looking to build our customer base, as it is relatively small currently, but feedback from users has been quite good so far.

Yup it is based on Twitter bootstrap... this was added in about 4 months after we launched. Thanks!

Quick bit of back story: Myself and a co-worker founded Vetter last year. I had been learning rails, and he had the idea for the project.

It has now been about 9 months, and we've learned a lot, are profitable, and fully-bootstrapped (aside from a small prize at the end of start-up weekend).

Thanks in advance for any feedback!