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Let us know your ideas on how to improve this new site!

As we just launched this site, we're still adding features and ramping up promotion. Let us know what you'd like to see here and we'll make it so! Our goal is to help facilitate not only the exchange of ideas but to help consolidate a clear message on important topics.

Also, please give us your thoughts on how we should best position this site so as to live up to the ideals of the IDW movement.

Thanks so much!

Admin 8 Feb 14
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Is there an app from IPhones for this?

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I just joined so am still navigating, but is made into an App where I can add to my homescreen? Or will I have to bookmark the homepage?

App should be released soon.

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Limit the amount of groups a person can create. Not doing so will lead to a group explosion. countless repeats.

Admin can PM for specific example.

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I hate the ratings/points systems. It feels very middle school.

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I have spent a some time strolling the site today and think that y'all have done a fine job. The social accountability part is very interesting and I look forward to any improvements made in the future.

Yeah, we'll see how the point / level system goes. It measures activity but not yet quality of comments etc. Work in progress 🙂

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Make it an app

It's in development. 🙂

Make it an app that doesn't require permission to access your entire phone 😀

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I'm no computer whizz but a friendlier smoother interface easier to navigate

Happy to get your feedback. Is there a particular page or feature we should focus on? Thanks!

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Make it easy to upvote (ie with one click... not by clicking on the button and then having a reactions popup open) not sure if the reactions popup is useful or not but you could set up a like and a react button both. or do it like fb where you have to perform a special action (holding the button) to see reactions

Good idea. Yeah it's a bit cumbersome as is.

I would like a button for agree and disagree.

what i find very ignorant is placing a thumbs up sign and not letting an opposite be present.. its this type of safety measure to make the left happy that makes me second guess the true nature of this site.. some shit needs a thumbs down..and a weight system to reveal the balance of like or dislike.. lets not be snowflakes in a safe place here......

Just put the icons on the bottom of the post. There's only like 5 isn't there?

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It would be great if we had a reddit-style system for down-voting commends and whole threads, something so we can use the will of the crowd to pick the best articles, comments, and to hide the trolls and malcontents organically. It might not seem all that important now, but if this site succeeds, it will be. SOme reasonable ratio of more dislikes than likes, or maybe twice as many dislikes as likes, will hide a comment, which can be unhidden.

This also takes a huge load off the moderators. The site will police itself, with the best comments articles rising, and the troll posts getting buried.

@Griggori yes good ideas! We have a bunch of "likes" categories but could include a down vote... Also we would need to make such voting easier to do. Thanks!

@Admin yeah, let’s get some good friendly competition to kick in #freemarket

@Admin The down vote is a good/bad idea. It promotes the mob rule mentality, which never works out. Ideas hold their own merit. If it comes down to an irrational person, no down votes will be needed. People will pick up on it and disregard the individual. My 2 cp.

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Will there be a general feed / advertisement system? im afriad that if theres not enough money for proffessional, mature moderation through a regular income then this site could be targeted to trolling of the worst sort

We'll make sure posts are sufficiently moderated. Thanks for the feedback!

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The color scheme is proffessional af, but its a bit dry maybe some red (not blue) outlines on the post and comments, the color scheme could be a big win

@Admin Are you going to have color schemes for this site? I'm all for a dark/black color option for night reading on this site.

@SpikeTalon yes it's on the list!

@Admin Talkin to your self here or what? Spike don't have a comment that I can see....hmm???

@george No, it said my name yesterday, not sure why it's reading that way now?

@Admin Must be a glitch there, as the reply above that says to Admin from Admin was my comment.

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I found out this was here from a youtube ad. Most interested. Also, nothing showed up when I typed "idw" or 'idw community" into Google. Just in case you were unawares

Type idw.community in a web search, that should bring you to the main page.

Good catch... Will investigate.

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I'm just getting on here feels very much like Reddit. That isn't necessarily a bad thing I think Reddit is a good platform, but when I started watching Sam Harris and Jordan Person, and many others in the IDW the primary mode of listening was YouTube. With that in mind, I feel that this platform is missing a big advantage that they had when they were funding their videos with Patreon and posting them to Youtube. I believe there needs to be some kind of stream, or headline page video page where your one-click away from videos and new videos from the IDW 'Superstars'. This means you won't have to search to hard for fun things to watch when you're in a hurry, and you can still access threads when you have the time to go to the forum pages and see how deep this rabbit hole goes lol. Combining the best of both worlds may leave you with a stronger site than both, and obviously developing a strong app, but that is a more obvious suggestion.

Great feedback - totally agree! We will start today by consolidating every IDW feed (e.g., youtube/podcast/etc) and put a link to the content to view in their groups. If you follow the groups, then you'll have a dashboard of new content to consider. Next, we'll use a voting system to highlight the "what to watch today" content. You'll see these links in the "Groups" section.

reddit banned me before my 4 pictures of the arch angel, later named as Abbadon, casting his mark on earth were approved.

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Out of Curiousity, this IDW page, does Sam, Jordan, Joe, Ben, or either of the Weinstiens use this? Or is this a place to discuss what they speak about?

Yes, one of the top 5 IDW members is a member here under a pseudonym and is giving feedback as we just launched (quietly) 3 days ago. For now, this site is mostly to help coordinate the movement and help spread the message. We are working on a "Patreon" like funding system which is to be live in early March. Our goal now is to get members in the database for when we launch. Thanks!

@Admin Bet I know what pseudonym you referred to, but won't mention it here though.

@SpikeTalon That’s right. It’s me. I’m Ben Shapiro

@ClassicalKev98 okthisisepic

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Make it an app

Yes, apps are being tested this week and hopefully live in the next 7 days.

Great idea! Would love to see an icon on my home page instead of having to search everytime I want to check it out.

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I just got on here, so I haven’t had time to see everything, but I am a cloud engineer with extensive experience with JavaScript framworks and would love to contribute if at all possible!

Thanks! Happy to get your suggestions. You can send me a message on my profile page or use the contact form.

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I've had trouble twice now logging in. Both times it says username and password don't match, even after I reset a password. This time I logged in with Facebook and it worked. Any ideas?

Thanks for the heads up. Did you sign up originally from Facebook? It'll help us debug.

@Admin I found you through Facebook and signed up from there. I set up username and password but could not get in using those. I then reset my password but could not get in later that day . This is by using your web address. Finally, I just logged in with Facebook. I did same to post this so probably not a big deal.

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I am a UX designer. I know nothing as a rule but I am more than willing to help

Thanks! Happy to get your suggestions. You can send me a message on my profile page or use the contact form.

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Will you be silencing the alt right on your platform?

We will work on a statement on what hard limits this site should have soon - and get feedback from members about it. The Alt-Right's most controversial opinions center around race and racism so we need to first define racism clearly. The general thought is that describing racial group differences is ok it is done in the same sense as describing differences between "Surfer Culture" and "Biker Culture" and "Rap Culture" (no, not "rape culture" ). We will draw a hard line on advocating dehumanization anyone for any reason. Thoughts?

@Admin Sounds like a solid plan. Free speech should reign supreme so long as no one is harassing or degrading fellow members, but then again the block function could come in handy in such situations. As with most social media sites there will predictably be some who join just to troll or scam, but I know you'll deal with them if and when they show up.

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The following people imo should be added to fan groups: Dinesh D’Souza, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham.

Yep, we'll need to come up with clear policies as to who should be a candidate for inclusion in thought leaders of the IDW. I think one of the core principles must be that they engage in open, frank discussions of issues without strawman-ing the opposition, ad hominem/personal attacks, or using misleading or false arguments. We should, however, be open to member-driven groups that discuss individuals regardless of inclusion in IDW thought leadership. Rush Limbaugh would be an example of a person who would more likely fit in a member group. Thoughts?

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Keep it simple.
Use a point based system for desired participation.
The participation from the real guys is expected.

Yes, thanks. We have a point system to track all the activity 🙂

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Make an app maybe

Working on it now 🙂

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I would be interested to know if there is any formal association between this forum and the IDW proper. If it were the case there is a formal association I would like to make sure there is opportunity for group members to create local “real world” meetings for the purpose of sharing ideas and having discourse with one another in a fraternal nature. Such a forum is not available to me at present and I would appreciate the opportunity to have one.

Also a clearer “jump page” would be useful. I see there is a philosophy page in the tags of some posts but can’t seem to find where it is in the overall structure of the site. Which makes me think I’m missing other such pages.

Good comments. I'll try to make the links more clear. We're currently a fan site but we have some growing connections with major players in the movement. One of our goals is to facilitate real world events. We're in build and growth mode now.

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I decided to make a jokes and memes group but the formatting isn’t very picture friendly. I also experienced that as an issue when trying to share a picture of my cat. I think we can all agree growth will be difficult on any social media platform that doesn’t cater to cat sharing.. oh, yea, form of question... umm... what gives?

I’m also lvl 3 now and can’t find where to up my strength and dex... so that could be helpful 🙂

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Are the groups going to get the chatroom option?

Yes, once we get to 30-50k members.

I was going to suggest that haha.

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