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As an INFP persona who has worked remotely and solo for many years, I'd like to break the stigma that "alone = bad". I find it incredibly energising a lot of the time, but then there are the odd times when I crave a little human social engagement. Traditional social media channels have devolved into a cesspit of noisy pollution, but I tend to occasionally post right here on HN, guitar forums, or even on obscure Reddi…
I think there's a difference betweek being alone and being lonely. The latter implies that you're wanting for company, the former less so.
"I'm alone, I am not lonely."
https://www.salon.com/2014/11/19/i_am_lonely_will_anyone_spe...
Here's the original post from July 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7985932
Seriously this crowd acts like everything is a sickness. You have ADHD because you can’t focus for 5 minutes straight, but you don’t think of deleting facebook from your app first, see if that works.
Same here. I’m-so-lonely, boo hoo go out and make some friends! Did we really become so passive?
Don’t you think it would be better to sign up for a boxing class and meet some people as opposed to making an app about how sad you are?
But I love the app and that it is just a plain web app. No play store or app store, and no nagging data collection. I hope this is the future of apps.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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...
I like how it's all in the browser. I'm sick everything requiring an app download. Still, you should be able to just use it from the Desktop. Why force people? Also, why do you need access to my microphone? I really want to post something. I am alone this holiday. But I don't want to give you access to my microphone. Why do you need it? It just looks like text and photos. If I deny access, I can't do anything.