It never actually had any credibility for these sorts of deep and complex social problems. That was just a lie we told ourselves and investors during the heyda

It never actually had any credibility for these sorts of deep and complex social problems. That was just a lie we told ourselves and investors during the heyday where we naively believed we were going to solve all of the world's problems through apps. It was never real. No one ever actually believed an app could fix loneliness or depression outside of bored investors with too much money and time on their hands and starving startup developers desperate to break even. And yes, dear HN reader, that likely means YOU. HN readers love to rightfully talk shit about Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP, but apparently can't see that many of them are pushing the exact same kind of bullshit for a different audience.