If you are working on fixing and improving your site that is what you should be spending your time on.
Not doing this:
"“We will launch foreign-language sites in German, Spanish, Japanese, Russian and Chinese,” he said. The translation is being done by the site’s users."
Regardless of whether the translation is done by the site's users my feeling is that that is a distraction to you right now in coming up with the best product you can for your initial market.
If you are working on fixing and improving your site that is what you should be spending your time on.
Not doing this:
"“We will launch foreign-language sites in German, Spanish, Japanese, Russian and Chinese,” he said. The translation is being done by the site’s users."
Regardless of whether the translation is done by the site's users my feeling is that that is a distraction to you right now in coming up with the best product you can for your initial market.