As said before, the homepage really needs to be changed. I can't imagine how it would ever attrack visitors to register. However, I'm not sure if user posted articles are such a great idea, it will be exciting at first, but the articles won't keep comming. I think earnersforums tried that a while ago, and I don't think it was a huge success.
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