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It seems perverse that I only learn about a lot of products when news of their shutdown hits HN. I'm not exactly sure I'm sure what Imzy is for, but it seems in

It seems perverse that I only learn about a lot of products when news of their shutdown hits HN. I'm not exactly sure I'm sure what Imzy is for, but it seems in some ways similar to a concept I had for online communities built around discussion of content. Might have been right up my alley.

pavel_lishin 9y ago
> seems in some ways similar to a concept I had for online communities built around discussion of content. Like Reddit?
- acjohnson55 9y ago
  A little, but organized more so on individuals and groups than verticals.
  - pavel_lishin 9y ago
    Like Google Plus Circles? :P
  - Macha 9y ago
    Reddit's new profile, Digg v4 both tried this. Both were not popular with the userbase.
munificent 9y ago
> I'm not exactly sure I'm sure what Imzy is for If I recall, it got started right around the time there was a lot of shenanigans going on at Reddit around corporate drama, censorship, and the nastier subreddits. Imzy and Voat popped up to try to offer an alternative. (My impression is that Imzy was aiming for less awfulness and Voat aims for less censorship.)
- deleted 9y ago
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- Angostura 9y ago
  It was basically aiming to be a nice, polite version of Reddit.
  - prodmerc 9y ago
    So, what would Imzy do when a user started acting "not nice"? Because if they're forced to act nice, most people will just quit. Nobody's nice all the time (everybody has problems), and online communities are great for when you want to vent once in a while. Plus, all the nicety invites narcissistic assholes who think they are better than everyone else. I've never heard of Imzy either, and I think I keep up with all the potentially interesting stuff online. Launched in 2016 and not a single time I've even read the name.
    - stale2002 9y ago
      They'd probably ban them. Unfortunately, having your site based around the idea of throwing up barriers to entry, and kicking people out, isn't good for user growth.
LoSboccacc 9y ago
> online communities built around discussion of content this is an hard thing to enter into. specifically, it scores just 3 on the 5 startup needs, specifically: - requires content to attract user - requires users to attract users yes this is something that exists mostly in my mind, but works most of the time.

pavel_lishin 9y ago

> seems in some ways similar to a concept I had for online communities built around discussion of content. Like Reddit?

acjohnson55 9y ago
A little, but organized more so on individuals and groups than verticals.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  Like Google Plus Circles? :P
- Macha 9y ago
  Reddit's new profile, Digg v4 both tried this. Both were not popular with the userbase.

munificent 9y ago

> I'm not exactly sure I'm sure what Imzy is for If I recall, it got started right around the time there was a lot of shenanigans going on at Reddit around corporate drama, censorship, and the nastier subreddits. Imzy and Voat popped up to try to offer an alternative. (My impression is that Imzy was aiming for less awfulness and Voat aims for less censorship.)

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Angostura 9y ago
It was basically aiming to be a nice, polite version of Reddit.
- prodmerc 9y ago
  So, what would Imzy do when a user started acting "not nice"? Because if they're forced to act nice, most people will just quit. Nobody's nice all the time (everybody has problems), and online communities are great for when you want to vent once in a while. Plus, all the nicety invites narcissistic assholes who think they are better than everyone else. I've never heard of Imzy either, and I think I keep up with all the potentially interesting stuff online. Launched in 2016 and not a single time I've even read the name.
  - stale2002 9y ago
    They'd probably ban them. Unfortunately, having your site based around the idea of throwing up barriers to entry, and kicking people out, isn't good for user growth.

LoSboccacc 9y ago

> online communities built around discussion of content this is an hard thing to enter into. specifically, it scores just 3 on the 5 startup needs, specifically: - requires content to attract user - requires users to attract users yes this is something that exists mostly in my mind, but works most of the time.