If this is a web app, why can't is use it from my desktop browser?
Built mobile first so people could share experiences on the go, but desktop version is planned.
Same Korean app "MOCI" been around since 2014.
Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness
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#32This site has an exposed Git directory, so you can clone the whole thing. Funnily enough, it appears to be actually talking to a MySQL database. http://sharesolo.com/get_notes.php
Also, all of the credentials are there. I won't post them, but lordy, please close this before your database is wiped.
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#33Not 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.
I think this is pretty cool and thanks for making it. I bus commute 2.5 hours per work day and my job is 98% alone time, so it will be cool to see what other people in this boat do with that time.
Maybe it's all the HN posts about loneliness like another person noted, but does anyone else have a job like this? I'm really curious to hear about any long-term experiences with significant alone time. Seems like 100% remote folks might deal with this level of aloneness too. I'm realizing after a year that all the alone time really weighs on my psyche if I don't organize it somehow, so I've got five journals that I carry every day just to organize my thoughts. Curious what systems and strategies others have for structuring alone time.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Or, connect lonely people to those that might lend an ear, offer advice, or just offer support in some other way.
That's 7cups of tea.
Re: Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness
#35This site has an exposed Git directory, so you can clone the whole thing. Funnily enough, it appears to be actually talking to a MySQL database. http://sharesolo.com/get_notes.php Also, all of the credentials are there. I won't post them, but lordy, please close this before your database is wiped.
Careless error. Removed, thank you.
Re: Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness
#36If this is a web app, why can't is use it from my desktop browser?
If you are in Chrome, use developer tools and device toolbar. Enjoy.
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#37It's pretty moving. I just wonder what the dynamics may be when this gains traction. I guess it could make you feel ever more lonely when you get down to posting something and nobody reacts in any way.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Or, connect lonely people to those that might lend an ear, offer advice, or just offer support in some other way.
Suicide hotlines are generally under handed, I don't think we have enough people to help lonely people just yet.
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#39Going viral with this particular market might be tough :-)
Jokes aside loneliness is a big deal and I enjoy reading about it but as some other comments mention there is a confusing conflation of ‘being alone’ and loneliness here. Some posts are describing doing something alone (in a positive way) and others are talking about loneliness (negative). Are you actually targeting both?
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
My experience with nitpicking and semantic parsing on this site says otherwise, and you’re certainly another brick in that wall.
> My experience with nitpicking and semantic parsing on this site says otherwise, and you’re certainly another brick in that wall. There was no nitpicking or cherry picking. The entirety of your comment related to how being alone is a sickness. I pointed out that being alone is not a sickness. I supported this with three healthy comments from the very first page of the site. Instead of actually discussing, you have t…
Maybe he is just lonely...