Show HN: Made a forum for depressed founders to confide

I question the ability of a bunch of depressed people to help each other.

This is very valuable, anonymous venting can bring out topics that many people wouldn’t otherwise discuss (for better or worse.)

Is there a way to reply to threads? Without replies I think you’ll see much less traction.

People don't talk enough about depressed founders! That can really leads to a mental illness

Alcoholism for the win

When I was 14, I was a year into playing all weekend every weekend with my first rock band. We recorded on a 4-track. Out there, at Guitar Center, were machines that could record 8 tracks. And pedals with crazy things like digital delay. Stuff that cost more than our parents made in a week.

But you had a slim chance of being noticed and a slimmer chance of becoming a rock star. If you only worked harder AND had that piece of kit...

so went the sales pitch that was made to my generation in the 90s. You known who got famous and obscenely rich? Maroon 5. The Strokes. You know why? It wasn't their originality or their work ethic as musicians or their technical proficiency or the brilliance of their lyrics, nor their immense line of credit at Guitar Center. It was their parents paying girls from modeling agencies to go to their shows.

What's depressing about being a founder is just watching less interesting, less competent people who are psychotically good at marketing take your ideas and get rich doing crappier versions of them.

Thanks, now I feel better and don't need the site.