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Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#42
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You don't think $10 for someone's opinion is a tad pricey?

Asking him to be brutally honest about himself. I like it.

For some strange reason, I want to get the him to review the website from this submission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8440057 and then vice versa....

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#43
I would totally use this if the guy running it was closer to robot than human. A highly logical walkthrough of whatever problem I present is something I would value immensely, as I think anyone else who's watched any sci-fi films with all-knowing, oracle-like talking computers would.

But I don't think this is a problem that can be solved by ordinary people, and AI is nowhere close yet. Perhaps there's room in the world for Psychopaths-as-a-Service.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#44

> I'm Jordan, a 28 year old software developer living in California. I've always been direct and never had a problem telling it like it is. I have a wide variety of interests outside of work that include Finance, Men's Fashion, Diet/Nutrition, Weightlifting, Sports, Travel, Music, and countless other topics. Brutal honesty: nothing here leads me to believe that Jordan's feedback is any more useful than the feedback o…

If anything he's in a bit of a bubble based on his age, location and interests.

If I pay for honest feedback I'd like to get it from someone who is not exactly like me.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#46
Not saying this is the case but if this guy is really thoughtful and insightful, then why not. The economics might not make a ton of sense. A thoughtful reply to a difficult question takes at least 15-20 minutes to compose. That's about $30-$40 an hour. You can make better wages as a counselor in private practice.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#49
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I can get brutal honesty on Reddit for free. (And polite honesty, also for free, from Dear Abby.)

judge.me (YC16), specializing in honesty-as-a-service, is hiring!

Pitch: Bringing experts and non-experts together, making non-experts feel bad and sucky.

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