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Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by pachico »

aframe wrote: post #118

Don’t want to sully the conversation here, but I want to raise an important point - so @feross, please stick with it. I gave my daughter (6) my iPad for ten minutes this morning and put her on a site to draw minecraft skins. I took a call and took my eyes off the device (but not daughter) for about five minutes while I paced around the room. When I sat back next to her, she somehow ended up on virus Café and was in a…

I agree. On the other side, some might argue that kids shouldn't be given tablets or phones if hey don't need them. There's a lot of discussion about it and, although not complete consensus, most pediatricians seem to discourage so early access to screens. Btw, I'm a father too.

Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by londons_explore »

aframe wrote: post #118

Don’t want to sully the conversation here, but I want to raise an important point - so @feross, please stick with it. I gave my daughter (6) my iPad for ten minutes this morning and put her on a site to draw minecraft skins. I took a call and took my eyes off the device (but not daughter) for about five minutes while I paced around the room. When I sat back next to her, she somehow ended up on virus Café and was in a…

Parental controls and a list of allowed websites and apps would have solved this.

There is no way you can police every site on the internet, so it's best not to even try. Just pick a few you trust and whitelist those.

Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

Raed667 wrote: post #63

I love this, it is like chatroulette but everyone i met was super nice and polite. (no surprise dicks is a good feature IMO)

Only a matter of time I'm sure. Is that still a problem with Chatroulette? They really should deploy measures against that shit. Maybe shadowban perverts so they end up together (which probably happens a lot anyway).

Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by cambalache »

feross wrote: post #10
AbraKdabra wrote: post #8

Is there a chance for chat instead of video call? I like the idea but I'm not exposing myself in video. I know it "ruins" the experience but each one to its own.

I understand how you feel but I don't think anything can replace looking into another human's eyes.

And yet you are here, using text.

Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by dhimes »

imtringued wrote: post #122
dhimes wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But you should never give the correct answer for password recovery. What is a belief you had as a child that you no longer have? Purple Ocean. And that can be your answer for all the questions: first pet name, elementary school, and so on.

> But you should never give the correct answer for password recovery. Exactly. You're supposed to use your password manager to generate a second password and use that as your answer. I know this sounds stupid but it is the only way to stay safe.

The only problem with this is if you have to read it to someone live. Otherwise, yes!

Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by aframe »

erfgh wrote: post #130
aframe wrote: post #118

Don’t want to sully the conversation here, but I want to raise an important point - so @feross, please stick with it. I gave my daughter (6) my iPad for ten minutes this morning and put her on a site to draw minecraft skins. I took a call and took my eyes off the device (but not daughter) for about five minutes while I paced around the room. When I sat back next to her, she somehow ended up on virus Café and was in a…

> I gave my daughter (6) my iPad for ten minutes this morning There's your problem. Just don't do that. But if you can't avoid it, disconnect the internet before you do it.

That’s not the problem though is it. I said I accept my lapse, but such easy access into a world of video sharing should have at least cursory controls for children.

My lapse isn’t in question, it’s the many other children around the world who will be shoved in front of a device and forgotten about, and how this site does nothing to protect them.

We’re in lockdown, myself and my wife work full time and then some. My daughter wanted to paint minecraft skins while I was sat with her. Within two minutes she was on this site somehow and sharing video with someone from the states.

That’s not cricket.

Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by superhuzza »

Closi wrote: post #79
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Small talk is the worst and I'm on a mission to eradicate it. To me small talk is the lubricant that makes conversations flow smooth with strangers. You can hear inflections and humor and irony all in a relatively safe, unemotional topic. Also, since your philosophical side is not needed, your emotional intelligence can be more engaged. For example, just by seeing how someone responds to a comment on the weather, y…

Counterpoint: Most smalltalk topics actually get people to give an almost pre-rehearsed response. For example if someone asks “What do you do for a living?” I will give the same answer I have given 1000 times. Ill ask them and they will do the same. There is nothing unique here. Each to their own though.

>I will give the same answer I have given 1000 times.

If I'm just meeting you, it's new information to me, regardless of how many times you've said it! And that opens the door to more interesting conversation. Maybe I do something very related, or are interested something about that job, or whatever. Or maybe it leads nowhere. But that's how smalltalk goes, you dance around until you find a mutually interesting topic.

Re: Show HN: Virus Cafe – Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Post by JackFr »

Closi wrote: post #79
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Small talk is the worst and I'm on a mission to eradicate it. To me small talk is the lubricant that makes conversations flow smooth with strangers. You can hear inflections and humor and irony all in a relatively safe, unemotional topic. Also, since your philosophical side is not needed, your emotional intelligence can be more engaged. For example, just by seeing how someone responds to a comment on the weather, y…

Counterpoint: Most smalltalk topics actually get people to give an almost pre-rehearsed response. For example if someone asks “What do you do for a living?” I will give the same answer I have given 1000 times. Ill ask them and they will do the same. There is nothing unique here. Each to their own though.

It’s funny, when people ask me my name I always say the same thing. Never gets old.
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