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Can we please make this HN discussion stay open forever. This is one of those threads which has clicked me the most. I thank the creator of this a lot. A lot of

Can we please make this HN discussion stay open forever. This is one of those threads which has clicked me the most. I thank the creator of this a lot. A lot of these comments are super insightful and I wish to talk but I feel and explain my situation but I always sometimes feel like it takes a mental toll. I sincerely love this discussion and have gone I think 75% aruond and its so great to see people similar to us I wish if this post could perhaps be made an exception or similar where people can talk about this for longer. Perhaps its just me but I wish for something like this avenue in some more time (perhaps right now I feel a bit closed off for some reason) where I wish to talk but words don't come out so much. I don't know if I am walking around the bush on what I would wish to talk about here because of it right now. I have been trying to screenshot all the posts I could find which are great here and I just don't know, I just want this HN thread/discussion to stay open forever so that I can talk here a month in or two months in when I feel even more comfortbale The point I am trying to say is that I was losing hope in HN and every social media because of botting and other issues and just lack of trust and direction and irl interactions are few and between. This feels such a great thread and I appreciate the author (I saw their work on their website which is phenomenal) In a way, I think atleast this thread will help solve or atleast help me (or that's how I feel) in loneliness epidemic and I am grateful for that but I just want this to stay forever. One of the issues I have in creating a special place for talks like these is that I see very few people sign in//sign up or talk. HN has lots of users and I got some really insightful answers here. I think its technically possible and I just want the moderators to do this once. Dang if you are reading this, I genuinely hope that you can keep this thread permanent/long time. Loneliness is a real concern and I just feel that some people are unable to reach out (perhaps me right now) and definitely need some right place and right time and if this could just stay or (stay longer at the very least) I would deeply appreciate it sir

anshumankmr 9mo ago
Could have it be an automated monthly thing, like the who's hiring,who's wanting to be hired posts.
- Imustaskforhelp 9mo ago
  Yes! I think this can work! Would Hackernews community allow for something like this or be interested in doing this or say, if I were to create this post (or perhaps the OP) every month, would that go against terms or still be allowed. I think it can be allowed but still just want to confirm if the community really wants this I saw an aspect of vulnerability in hackernews I hadn't seen prior which made things feel real atleast to me
- publicdebates 9mo ago
  I don't think an automated thing would work. But I do think this thread is far too big to keep up with. My plan was to post a similar but more focused thread in a month, and go from there.
koakuma-chan 9mo ago
I skimmed through this and it's mostly people suggesting to go to church or to volunteer, as always.
- publicdebates 9mo ago
  The main problem I had was that there were too many responses. There's currently over 1,000 comments that are not mine. I spent all day yesterday reading and responding to them, and there were still dozens of responses that I'm only seeing this morning, often thoughtful and with new ideas or perspectives. So my plan was to post a series of more narrow focused questions on the topic, once every so often (maybe once a month). What causes the loneliness epidemic individually? Systemically? What policies might help it? What actionable solutions can many individuals try? Etc. This is already kind of what I'm doing in Chicago. Every Sunday, I hold a sign with a different survey on a related topic. I'd like to do it more often if time eventually permits. In any case, I'm keeping a log of the results and conclusions on my website. My main goal in this is to be a slowly evolving plan of actionable, concrete ideas, that's interactive, dynamic, and self-iterating.

anshumankmr 9mo ago

Could have it be an automated monthly thing, like the who's hiring,who's wanting to be hired posts.

Imustaskforhelp 9mo ago
Yes! I think this can work! Would Hackernews community allow for something like this or be interested in doing this or say, if I were to create this post (or perhaps the OP) every month, would that go against terms or still be allowed. I think it can be allowed but still just want to confirm if the community really wants this I saw an aspect of vulnerability in hackernews I hadn't seen prior which made things feel real atleast to me
publicdebates 9mo ago
I don't think an automated thing would work. But I do think this thread is far too big to keep up with. My plan was to post a similar but more focused thread in a month, and go from there.

koakuma-chan 9mo ago

I skimmed through this and it's mostly people suggesting to go to church or to volunteer, as always.

publicdebates 9mo ago
The main problem I had was that there were too many responses. There's currently over 1,000 comments that are not mine. I spent all day yesterday reading and responding to them, and there were still dozens of responses that I'm only seeing this morning, often thoughtful and with new ideas or perspectives. So my plan was to post a series of more narrow focused questions on the topic, once every so often (maybe once a month). What causes the loneliness epidemic individually? Systemically? What policies might help it? What actionable solutions can many individuals try? Etc. This is already kind of what I'm doing in Chicago. Every Sunday, I hold a sign with a different survey on a related topic. I'd like to do it more often if time eventually permits. In any case, I'm keeping a log of the results and conclusions on my website. My main goal in this is to be a slowly evolving plan of actionable, concrete ideas, that's interactive, dynamic, and self-iterating.