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Show HN: Solo - An app for sharing solitude and loneliness

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Re: Show HN: Solo - An app for sharing solitude and loneliness

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Post by norswap »

Isn't the beauty of solitary moments precisely that they are solitary? Much like how a good moment spent with a single other person is precious because of the intimacy.

Is seems like polluting the quiet and peace of these moments with a social media gimmick.

I don't mean to say this is worthless, I'm just puzzled at the approach which seems paradoxical to me.

Re: Show HN: Solo - An app for sharing solitude and loneliness

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Post by wtsui »

norswap wrote: post #2

Isn't the beauty of solitary moments precisely that they are solitary? Much like how a good moment spent with a single other person is precious because of the intimacy. Is seems like polluting the quiet and peace of these moments with a social media gimmick. I don't mean to say this is worthless, I'm just puzzled at the approach which seems paradoxical to me.

I thought about that a lot. I tried to make the app so it would be a quiet complement to our solitary moments.

I think moments alone can be beautiful and sometimes we might want to share them with others. When we feel lonely, this app could show us that we are not the only ones.

Re: Show HN: Solo - An app for sharing solitude and loneliness

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Post by clay_to_n »

norswap wrote: post #2

Isn't the beauty of solitary moments precisely that they are solitary? Much like how a good moment spent with a single other person is precious because of the intimacy. Is seems like polluting the quiet and peace of these moments with a social media gimmick. I don't mean to say this is worthless, I'm just puzzled at the approach which seems paradoxical to me.

I don't know - there's been times when I see something cool, beautiful, weird etc and would like to share it, but don't want to share it with people I actually know.

Sort of like how a lot of people use Tumblr vs Instagram - but this has (probably) less friction than Tumblr and is more about sharing a moment than Tumblr is.

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