Glad you you like our idea! Some of what we'll working on in the coming year is the fiddliness that (most) people are currently encountering during the installation process. We've also recently been doing some user testing, so we're looking forward to improving on that front as well. Of course, the federation is our top priority code-wise, but we've got people working on all levels.

Since it can be hard to see your own bugs, we're always happy to take feedback on the installation process, usability or look and feel if you want to chat with us via email or on IRC (#mediagoblin on freenode.net) And in true do-ocracy style, we welcome anyone who wants to come and "scratch their own itch" and add to MediaGoblin's functionality in a way that would make it more useful, exciting or appealing for themsleves.