Dan McComas thinks he knows a better way of building communities online. McComas has some relevant perspective on this. He led the product development team at Reddit until shortly after a site-wide ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. “We’ve ...

Imzy is trying to be everything you want out of Internet community, minus the awfulness. Founded by a group of ex-Reddit employees, including Dan McComas and Jessica Moreno, the company has raised $3 ...

Imzy, the kinder, gentler online community platform, will be shutting down on June 23rd. Company co-founder Dan McComas made the announcement in a blog post today, stating his apologies and explaining ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and ...

Did the trolls just win? Imzy — the internet community that positioned itself as a more compassionate version of Reddit — will be shutting down in June, according to a post from company CEO Dan ...

But the founder of Imzy, Dan McComas, a serial startup- and community-builder, made his name creating Reddit Gifts, the massive independent community that was eventually bought by Reddit, which is ...

It’s no secret that Reddit isn’t the best place on the Internet. In fact, its name has become synonymous with hate speech, racism, sexism and other terrible things. So, maybe getting let go from ...

We all want to feel like we belong somewhere. In today’s connected world, one-fifth of adults in the U.S. are online “almost constantly,” according to Pew Research Center. But the internet can be a ...