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Fired Reddit Exec Launches Competing Site (thenextweb.com)
An anonymous reader writes: "Dan McComas, the former second-in-command at Reddit -- and vocal critic of its more inflammatory groups -- wants to build a better Reddit, one that focuses on 'healthy, positive communities,'" reports TheNextWeb. Raising $3 million, Imzy.com quietly launched earlier this year with over 500 discussion forums, aspiring to become an advertising-free space where content creators can interact with their fans. Moderators and users of Imzy can be "tipped" with online payments from other users, while the site hopes to remain advertising-free by taking a cut from on-site transactions. But "at its core though, Imzy wants to provide a safe place to share and discuss without the fear of being harassed, a problem Reddit has struggled with for several years."
A social media platform that excludes the hate machine element? ....
That's a pretty fancy way of saying "the people who disagree with me, and I can't handle competing opinions or even facts at times." Just remember that there's an entire group of people out there that believe facts are harassment, if you need shining examples all you need to do is go look at the batshit crazy on tumblr. But that constructive criticism? Those same batshit crazy people, especially those that the media like to parrot will simply believe that criticism is harassment, or sexist, or racist or simply misogyny. They don't want facts, opinions that are contrary to their feelings.
Om, nomnomnom...
You can't even mention the acronym SJW without a gaggle of the crybabies coming out of the woodwork to call you a meanie it seems.