What do you want to see on the site?

flickwg this is kind of silly if people want to link to velospace, flickr, etc they can do so on their profile page which is just a click away

Not that silly. You'd still upload your photos elsewhere... but what if using trickery of web stuff I could pull it all together so that when you see someone on a red Gazelle, you can go to the gallery and say, yeah that one... and know who you've seen.

At the moment the stuff is out there, or you ask and other people go and answer if they know. But if the stuff is out there, why not bring some of it together to make it all easier to find.

Same kinda thing with the stuff people make and do. We know that smeear sells hats, but we're regulars of the site so of course we'd know. If someone new came and was interested in buying stuff for a gift for their partner, how would they know smeear sells hats? They could delve around the classifieds part, but what if there was a list of people who made stuff, sold stuff... the actual outlets/shops. It would still link off to their sites for the order fulfilment and payment processing, but we'd have helped give them that business which helps them stay in business.

It's not about replacing stuff that is elsewhere, it's about pulling it together somehow for the advantage of all.