Imzy, the friendly social network launched late last year, is shutting down. CEO Dan McComas announced the news to users yesterday, saying the company couldn’t find a niche in the market. The site will become read-only on June 16th, and it will shut down completely on June 23rd. Users can export their data if they submit a form by the 16th, and an Imzy Discord server will remain active.

“We’ve loved getting to know all of you and seeing you build communities and make new friends,” wrote McComas. “Unfortunately, we were not able to find our place in the market. We still feel that the internet deserves better and hope that we see more teams take on this challenge in the future.”

Imzy was launched out of beta in October as an alternative to…

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