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I disagree that there's such a thing as THE right mix. Some people will prefer the wild west, and others will prefer heavily moderated forums. From the looks of
by rhapsodic 11y ago
I disagree that there's such a thing as THE right mix. Some people will prefer the wild west, and others will prefer heavily moderated forums. From the looks of the cartoon characters on the home page, Imzy looks like it's targeting the infant-to-toddler demographic.
- egypturnash 11y agoI read it as more "taking the cute Reddit alien and running with it". YMMV obviously.
- kickme444 11y agoI have spent a good amount of my last 6 years or so trying to be happy and helping others online to be happy. What we wanted with our mascot was something that evoked happiness. Admittedly it's a fine line to walk between cute/happy/childish and we need to find the right mix.
- rhapsodic 11y agoThe home page looks like a scene from the Teletubbies TV show. It does not look like something designed to appeal to well-adjusted adults.
- calibraxis 11y agoFine to me. Better to "err" on that side, as a signal to hate groups who fester on reddit. Furthermore, you can take it as self-mocking irony, if you prefer...
- rhapsodic 11y agoI prefer to take it as I perceive it, to wit, as a dumb business decision that will likely be re-thought and re-done at some point.
- type0 11y agoIronically I always thought reddit alien was a teletubbie. Imzy looks like a fine site. I like their mascot, but the frontpage banner should be cleaner, otherwise it would not gain that many users older than teenagers.
- type0 11y agoI think that if you attract movie fans your site might become big. I saw Star Wars group image on the dev page banner. The thing is there is another site that begins with the same two letters and is all about movies, but their community features are not that great. If you target your site to imdb regulars they would inadvertently also end up on Imzy when wanting to discuss something.
- egypturnash 11y agoWhat exactly is the mascot supposed to be? The green and the spikes makes me think "some kind of lizard", though it's about as abstracted as Snoo.