Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness
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#2Not sure if this is terribly awesome or immensely sad
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#3Not sure if this is terribly awesome or immensely sad
There have been times when I've felt extremly lonely. I think an app like this which connects lonely people together would be awesome!
I generally just visit some random subreddits or random rooms on Discord when I feel lonely.
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#4Not sure if this is terribly awesome or immensely sad
Thanks for the feedback.
I created this project because I know many people who struggled with loneliness at times in their lives.
My hope is that by sharing this experience we’ll feel a sense of connection when we’re alone, and find more acceptance of ourselves and our aloneness, however happy, peaceful, or sad.
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#5This reminds me of Secret. I wish that I'd seen this before I messed around with Secret, I'd be more inclined to share some tidbits.
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#6My pessimistic prediction is that this will either die or be overrun with the alt-right. They seem to gravitate towards the more anonymous social networks (4chan, yik yak). Also see "unpopular opinion puffin" memes on reddit -- a (now dead) meme format designed for people to share what they're afraid to say out loud to their peers, and quickly became a hub for alt-righty opinions on social issues.
Re: Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness
#7My pessimistic prediction is that this will either die or be overrun with the alt-right. They seem to gravitate towards the more anonymous social networks (4chan, yik yak). Also see "unpopular opinion puffin" memes on reddit -- a (now dead) meme format designed for people to share what they're afraid to say out loud to their peers, and quickly became a hub for alt-righty opinions on social issues.
Yes, the unfortunate fate of so many anonymous apps in the past years.
Moderation may be an ongoing challenge but without commenting or messaging, Solo should be a bit more resilient.
Re: Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness
#8My pessimistic prediction is that this will either die or be overrun with the alt-right. They seem to gravitate towards the more anonymous social networks (4chan, yik yak). Also see "unpopular opinion puffin" memes on reddit -- a (now dead) meme format designed for people to share what they're afraid to say out loud to their peers, and quickly became a hub for alt-righty opinions on social issues.
Anonymity also permitted the American Revolution, among other things.
Meanwhile the most prominent example that comes to mind for attempts to end even the pretense of anonymity online is authoritarian China.
And fwiw, most of the other boards on 4chan at least tend to push the more obnoxious sorts of commentary back to /pol/, its 'containment board'.
Twitter likewise tends to isolate communities of extremists, on both sides, simply by virtue of explicit blocking or mere lack of sufficient interest to follow on the part of more balanced participants.
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#9Ironic that Facebook is not doing this job!
Re: Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness
#10Not sure if this is terribly awesome or immensely sad
Thanks for the feedback. I created this project because I know many people who struggled with loneliness at times in their lives. My hope is that by sharing this experience we’ll feel a sense of connection when we’re alone, and find more acceptance of ourselves and our aloneness, however happy, peaceful, or sad.
Maybe, although generally when you fill a room with sick people, they don’t make each other well. Group therapy can work, but it takes the guidance of people not currently looking up from a hole.