No. People are lonely because they have incentives to do things other than make human connections, mostly in the form of technology. It’s not a problem that is

No. People are lonely because they have incentives to do things other than make human connections, mostly in the form of technology. It’s not a problem that is caused by lack of availability, it’s a problem caused by short-term gratification that is more appealing and easier to obtain for people. Providing availability would be moot since there’s no demand to begin with, and any that exists is already met by online forums like this. A penpal situation in particular is the antithesis of what you’d want, as sitting down and writing letters to other people is actually work that people don’t want to do. Maybe the first time is fun, but then it becomes a chore. I’m not going to pay someone to sign me up for a service which carries a bunch of obligations in addition to what I already have in my life.