Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit

Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by unethical_ban on Saturday April 23, 2016 @09:18PM (#11558156)

There should be no such thing as a default sub for new accounts. Users should pick what they want when they sign up.

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by basch on Sunday April 24, 2016 @12:14AM (#11558520)

no way. /r/all is terrible

the defaults are important because they let people use the site before they decide they want to sign up

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by unethical_ban on Sunday April 24, 2016 @01:29PM (#11560519)

I think defaults are necessary when someone is not logged in. When an account is created, suggestions are given based on interest, such as it is with meetup.com - News, politics, sports, local, tech, animals, humor, etc. are recommended in their own categories, and people sub as desired.

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by basch on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:29AM (#11564011)

I HATE it when I sign up for a newsreading service and the first thing it asks me is to pick topics I like. I just want to try out the product / interface.

Don't road block me with some set of tiles and vague "business, technology, fashion, music" screen.

Reddit has it right that a new account should have some baseline. Their discovery tools however are not intuitive, if you can even call them tools.

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by unethical_ban on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:34PM (#11566256)

The designation of a sub as a default on reddit dooms it to be trashy and political, and reddit admins would never come out and say "avoid these awful communities, go find your local reddits!". So it goes.

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by basch on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @01:28PM (#11573838)

it's a catch 22

have defaults with strict moderation, and alienate newcomers

have defaults with loose moderation, and the voting algorithm will favor the most superficial, bitsized posts.

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by throwaway40483 on Sunday April 24, 2016 @12:10AM (#11558510)

I think you should be careful with this claim. This is what got Twitter into trouble.

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by kwgardner on Sunday April 24, 2016 @12:39AM (#11558572)

This is actually what we're doing on Imzy! We ask people their interests and then show them what communities they may want to join based on that. Then they choose which ones they want to join. Hopefully by doing that, we'll decrease the circlejerking and increase the quality of conversations, since people only get there if they actually care about that topic and want to talk about that thing.

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by matt4077 on Sunday April 24, 2016 @02:20AM (#11558781)

Sorry for posting in this thread, but I think you might want to know about this bug: I have a (completely valid) .coffee domain and you're actually the first to refuse my e-mail address. It's not just valid, it's got coffein!

All the best!

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by kwgardner on Sunday April 24, 2016 @02:23AM (#11558788)

Oh, interesting. I'll pass this along to our developers. Thanks for letting me know, and sorry about that!

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