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I miss the days when if you wanted to meet somebody you just went to a bar or coffee shop or started some sort of hobby and talked to people. Trying to push tec

I miss the days when if you wanted to meet somebody you just went to a bar or coffee shop or started some sort of hobby and talked to people. Trying to push tech as a solution of a problem that was caused by tech to begin with...man, that's something.

someguys 9y ago
I think that it would be realistic to think we will never get back to theses times. Tech has already been pushed too hard into new generations.
- deadmetheny 9y ago
  I can literally go do those things right now and meet people, I've made plenty of connections doing exactly those things. Not everyone you try to talk to will be into conversing with random folks, but some will, and that's fine. If you're too afraid to just talk to people, I don't know what people think an app is going to do to help.
  - someguys 9y ago
    I am agree with what you said, but the aim is to pull those who spend too much time on social medias (not necessarily afraid of talking to people) and make them go out ! btw, thanks for giving your opinion :)
    - deadmetheny 9y ago
      If it helps someone actually socialize a bit, I'm all for it. I don't mean to sound like I'm shitting on your project or anything, it just feels so weird to me that it's necessary.
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  - freeone3000 9y ago
    Remove the expectation barrier. The point of meetups, the "find someone near me" app, and other tech-mediated gatherings (and hobbies, and non-tech-mediated-gatherings, and so on) is that everyone is on the same page as to what to expect. Society has fractured into self-organized bubbles; breaking down things like "talk to me" vs "don't talk to me" from an out-group may require some sort of outside influence that isn't yet present. Since, as you mentioned, you can literally do all those things right now, and people aren't, we need to do something if we want things to change. Our interconnected pocket supercomputers are our current hammer. Maybe this problem is nail-shaped?

someguys 9y ago

I think that it would be realistic to think we will never get back to theses times. Tech has already been pushed too hard into new generations.

deadmetheny 9y ago
I can literally go do those things right now and meet people, I've made plenty of connections doing exactly those things. Not everyone you try to talk to will be into conversing with random folks, but some will, and that's fine. If you're too afraid to just talk to people, I don't know what people think an app is going to do to help.
- someguys 9y ago
  I am agree with what you said, but the aim is to pull those who spend too much time on social medias (not necessarily afraid of talking to people) and make them go out ! btw, thanks for giving your opinion :)
  - deadmetheny 9y ago
    If it helps someone actually socialize a bit, I'm all for it. I don't mean to sound like I'm shitting on your project or anything, it just feels so weird to me that it's necessary.
- deleted 9y ago
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- freeone3000 9y ago
  Remove the expectation barrier. The point of meetups, the "find someone near me" app, and other tech-mediated gatherings (and hobbies, and non-tech-mediated-gatherings, and so on) is that everyone is on the same page as to what to expect. Society has fractured into self-organized bubbles; breaking down things like "talk to me" vs "don't talk to me" from an out-group may require some sort of outside influence that isn't yet present. Since, as you mentioned, you can literally do all those things right now, and people aren't, we need to do something if we want things to change. Our interconnected pocket supercomputers are our current hammer. Maybe this problem is nail-shaped?