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."

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define healthy

[turkeydance]

oh, and positive, too.

Re:define healthy

[Anonymous Coward]

am i the only one that felt the cult vibe from the website?

Re:define healthy

[Anonymous Coward]

A community that focuses on giving wealth and general messages of positivity and encouragement to a person in a leadership role encased in a cutesy art style? Never.

Re: define healthy

[Anonymous Coward]

No dissenting opinions allowed. The biggest progressive echo chamber imaginable, where no one is allowes to question this ideology. And no one is allowed to say anything remotely controversial or offensive because it might "trigger" someone's negative feelings and cause untold "psychological" damage.

Re: define healthy

[WarJolt]

No dissenting opinions allowed. The biggest progressive echo chamber imaginable, where no one is allowes to question this ideology. And no one is allowed to say anything remotely controversial or offensive because it might "trigger" someone's negative feelings and cause untold "psychological" damage.

Oh... so basically /.

Re: define healthy

[Anonymous Coward]

Which is why I'm registered in as a mulitracial trans 'man' refugee, rape and FGM survivor.

Bow to my hormonally enlarged clitoral stub.

Re:define healthy

[McGruber]

IMZY.com's definition of healthy apparently includes a Delusion of Anonymity. From the site:

Create different profiles to fit your various identities, or even participate anonymously, all easily under one account.

Re: define healthy

[AmiMoJo]

So, I checked out the site and it's invite only. Did you get an invite? Have you actually confirmed that it discriminates against straight white men?

There are too many perpetual victims on Slashdot these days.

Re: define healthy

[serviscope_minor]

it's when those perpetual whiners want to invade those spaces that are mine and take them away.

So why are you whining all over this thread then, given that this is about creating a whole new place? The founders of the new place haven't taken anything away from you yet you whinge and throw insults like you're 5.

Is it for children ?

[Anonymous Coward]

I clicked the link and visited the site. It looks like it was designed for Barney fans.

Awesome

[CrashNBrn]

We need something better than Usenet... Oh wait, nothing has been better than usenet, as not a single damned "service" allows you to easily filter information.

Re:Awesome

[ottawanker]

Because porn is better when it has been uuencoded, just like records sound better than CDs.

Only good news!!

[Hans Lehmann]

Reminds me of a newspaper startup back in the 80's(?) called Good News, that only printed uplifting and cheerful stories. Needless to say that experiment didn't last long.

Re:I'm all for it, but..

[dadelbunts]

Oh no no. I guarantee you it will still have the internet hate machine elements, just for "acceptable" topics such as all white people being racist and how REAL women are all superobese.

Re:I'm all for it, but..

[Distan]

It looks to me just to be "take what is killing reddit and amplify it", not an attempt to build a healthy reddit.

Oh HELL no

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

I went to the page, and my browser immediately started asking me for "permission to send me notifications", ala "in-browser nagging and begging".

Instant turn off. Jesus fucking christ, can't you even wait until someone joins before starting to pester the shit out of them??

Also, alll the stuff about "healthy, positive communities" sounds like codespeak for "SJW's run this place". As if Reddit wasn't already infested with all the "safe space" and "triggering" and "micro-aggression" bullshit, this looks to be built for SJW's from the ground up.

Yeah, umm thanks, but I'll pass on this.

Re:What is harrassment?

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course you don't have know that you're harassing someone to harass them.

The legal definition of harassment is repeated undesired contact with the intent to cause (psychological) trauma. If you are told to stop calling them, and you don't, then you know you're "harassing".

However, the claims of psychological trauma are so over inflated today that SJWs say they get PTSD from Twitter -- Even though Twitter has a block function, and the service must be interacted with by the user via their choice. It's not like people can tweet @you unless you actually go to twitter, unlike a phone where anyone in the world can call and cause your phone to ring repeatedly. The problem is that "harassment" is claimed over things that you can close your eyes to make disappear. Some claim that certain people are very sensitive and get their PTSD "triggered" by certain phrases they read. If they know they are this psychologically damaged and yet willfully engage in risky behavior, such as reading a book, then they should seek help, not punishments for those who wrote words that offended them.

Imagine if history teachers had to provide "trigger warnings" and allow black students not to have to learn about slavery because it triggers the manifestation of their ancestral PTSD in their own minds. This actually is a thing. Some professors are catching flack for refusing to put trigger warnings on history... These type of "hypersensitive" people are mentally ill, and should be in an asylum (provided they're not faking for elevated victim status, which they are). Should we make the entire world a padded cell just because there are a few crazies about? If reading a book could "trigger" you, then you should know better than to be on Twitter or the Internet in general -- It's not the author's fault.

No one is responsible for what goes on in your head but you. If you can't be held responsible for the thoughts you think, then how can you hold anyone else responsible? If you wish to punish others for your own actions, such as thinking certain things, then you are legitimately insane, IMO.

Re:I'm all for it, but..

[Tukz]

tits or gtfo, newfag!