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Needlesearch sounds like a website for seeking a buddy to shoot heroin with. As for the logo, maybe a haystack with a big needle?
I love the project idea, wanted to do something like this myself for ages. Although it's just a matter of time until someone writes themselves a bot...
Well, I certainly didn't think of that connotation with the name, thanks for pointing that out. Maybe I'll change it to something literal like "RatioEverywhere".
I actually don't think there will be a big issue with bots - you need to sign in to rate, and I implemented an automatic check to see if an account is spamming ratings, which I think will be enough.