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I'm reminded of tired.com for some reason. There's not much there, but there's been some really interesting stories about them over the years https://slate.com
by blakesterz 4y ago
I'm reminded of tired.com for some reason. There's not much there, but there's been some really interesting stories about them over the years
https://slate.com/culture/2004/07/the-perplexing-success-of-tired-com.html https://slate.com/culture/2004/07/the-perplexing-success-of-...
- bubblic 4y agoThanks for sharing the link! This stood out to me the most: "Correspondents rarely confess to the sort of skanky, self-destructive behavior found on Group Hug (“I slept with someone I work with. He’s married. I’m friends with his wife.”). And why should they? There’s no guilty thrill of public catharsis. Tired.com isn’t another outlet for exhibitionists. It’s an unexpected invitation to quietly complain about the same old same old to a stranger who might actually listen." Complaining to strangers who might actually listen, instead of seeking the guilty thrill of public catharsis... Something I am definitely taking note on
- metadat 4y agoFor anyone else who missed Group Hug at the time and is curious, here's a sample: https://web.archive.org/web/20120207131807/http://grouphug.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120207131807/http://grouphug.u...
- jacquesm 4y agoI don't know these people at all, obviously, but I really hope they got the help they needed (and it likely wasn't from an internet site).
- pigeonhands 4y agoThis looks similar to http://gentle.earth/ http://gentle.earth/