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>They're selling people a solution to loneliness. I'll one up you, they are selling hope. Odds are this will be seeded with a bunch of bots, and these lonely
by throwaway_law 7y ago
>They're selling people a solution to loneliness.
I'll one up you, they are selling hope. Odds are this will be seeded with a bunch of bots, and these lonely people may or maynot get some sense of temporary relief thinking they are interacting privately with someone else, when its really just a bot.
- pavel_lishin 7y agoOh yeah, you're absolutely right. I don't think they can deliver on what they're promising.
- throwaway_law 7y agoI know its unfair and maybe even disparaging, especially my suggestion they would seed their own thing with bots...but the reality is the social network/SV startup well has been poisoned and so it would be my (our) own fault not to approach these things with a ton of skepticism. >Today, a new social app is launching. Called Friended...Friended has raised a $500K seed round from investors... That is what it is all about.
- truthwhisperer 7y agogood point. Each year a new FB competitor starts. FB will closely watch each and every competitor and will then decide buy or built themself. Nice to have the 500k. Go to brazil and have a great time with tata's and coco's
- vannevar 7y agoThat business model already exists, in the form of online dating sites: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/25/ftc_match_fake_users/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/25/ftc_match_fake_user...