I haven't said much about it thus far because im crappy at programming, and its pretty impossible for me to know how long something is going to take for me to figure out.
Its going to be much more its going to be more in the style of a forum like 2p2 or 4chan with single fixed categories. And posts that get bumped according to activity.
The site is built with tiki-wiki. which has a lot of neat features that dovetail well with steem, including a built in module to store keys with mcrypt.
If i don't hit any roadblocks, Im going to roll out my private message solution along with a limited functionality version of the site this weekend. (but then again, ive said that the past two weekends and hit a roadblock both times, so who knows.)
Totally understood. It's a worthwhile endeavor, I've been toying with the same kinds of concepts and have some of the same feelings haha.
I will say that if you're planning on storing keys server side you may run into resistance of people willing to use it. For some of the stuff I'm experimenting with, I've been testing out SteemConnect, which hopefully might provide an extra layer of safety into the process. I'm excited to see what Steemit Inc does with their 3rd party integrations too - should make our lives a bit easier! :)
I sent you a message on steemit.chat, not sure if you're a regular there or not? Either way - looking forward to seeing what you come up with!