Name For Submitting Content -- Start A Conversation??

Surely this will fall on deaf ears/or the majority doesn't feel this way, but I'm really (really) not a fan of the change to how we submit content. I was completely lost as to how I could submit some new content to my community for like... several minutes before I found the start a conversation button and realized it was the blanket control for submitting links, text, media etc--- it's completely counterintuitive. That button doesn't make me think that's what I click on to submit content, the first place MY mind goes is maybe a hot link to an imzy forum to discuss the post on... or something.. but it's not evident that you send your links/text/pics etc with that button.

So, I'm sure it was a choice by your UI/UX folks, but personally I really dislike the choice to do this and I hope that A) you'll reconsider and B) I'm not the lone jerk who was pissed off when the button was changed.

ALSO, I talked about this last year when I was invited to imzy; real time chat. OK, so you've implemented a live chat function, cool.... but where's the persistence! I'm an old fogey (mid 30's) and I need muh IRC! Please, please, please allow/create an Imzy IRC channel, or better yet, spin up an ircd! Link communities to #rooms and allow those of us who prefer real time conversation to get together and chat without being bound to Imzy's website. Dress up a current web irc applet or write your own, let the advanced users fire up irssi and join the party. I'd be glad to help run the thing, I'm a sysadmin and have little to do at work :) Anything to get a persistent, real time chat that isn't just tied into each story that's posted.

Ok, done ranting, still love you guys, but there's my feedback.