jaybhum

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When I was lonely, I used to hate weekends(bubblic.app)
5 points by jaybhum 2y ago|1 comments
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by jaybhum 2y ago
I've been wanting for a while to share my experience of loneliness and how I overcame it 7 years ago during my PhD in the hopes that people who find themselves stuck in a similar situation find solace and encouragement. In summary, the
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by jaybhum 2y ago
I think that is fair if the expectation is such that you contribute interesting ideas, like in a forum. However, when it is one on one communication, many times people are looking for emotional connection rather than simple exchange of ide
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"Why do you ghost" is a rising trend on Google(bubblic.app)
2 points by jaybhum 2y ago|3 comments
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by jaybhum 2y ago
Our reliance on online interactions is responsible for the increase in the tendency to ghost. That is a big problem because that means more proportion of people's attempts to connect with others as a whole end up in straight up neglect
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by jaybhum 2y ago
Wouldn’t mind that’s for sure
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by jaybhum 2y ago
Definitely should be a balance between individualism and collectivism. Covid drove us all the way to one extreme, and now some people seem to crave the opposite. But it is also interesting to see that there seems to be a wide spectrum in o
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Surgeon General says loneliness is driving US into anxiety and pessimism(bubblic.app)
44 points by jaybhum 2y ago|95 comments
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by jaybhum 2y ago
"If I told you, 'I went into my backyard, I made this pill. It's amazing. It's free. If you take it, it'll actually improve your health, make you feel better, improve your performance at work, improve your grades, b
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by jaybhum 2y ago
please refer to above comment. They are real voices (sometimes with filter) with real people behind them :)
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by jaybhum 2y ago
Thank you very much!
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by jaybhum 2y ago
Thank you for your suggestion! Is it this? : https://www.metafilter.com/ I have never been there before.
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by jaybhum 2y ago
These are real voices from real places. It does have 2 AI voice filter options available for people who want to stay anonymous, but the audio sources are real people. You can tell by the diverse voices you can listen to.
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by jaybhum 2y ago
What was also incredible was that there were not only people experiencing loneliness here, but also people who did not feel lonely but were on the app to support others going through loneliness. They would share stories and studies related
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Show HN: I made a Flutter app for loneliness. 14000 min of voice messages later:(main.d1lmgoealm7rq0.amplifyapp.com)
35 points by jaybhum 2y ago|9 comments
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by jaybhum 3y ago
That is a very good point. On the actual app, you are able to carry a conversation with a stranger, going way beyond just sharing your short audio status messages. We will try to capture that in the demo as well, either as an video or texts
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by jaybhum 3y ago
That is a fair point. We did want to promote it on Hacker News because it is such a great forum to get the word out. We apologize if it came off as a bit off-putting. But we do hope that our app delivered on the value that we promise.
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you very much for your feedback! I agree with you that we should be more incisive on our messaging instead of being too promotional like a mass-market ad. But rest assured, we were able to deliver real value to our users for the past
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you for your comment. The crux of the platform is that you can connect with other people going through similar things as you from half-way across the world using the power of your voice. I think we can improve on the messaging on ou
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by jaybhum 3y ago
That is great to hear! Sometimes it is hit-or-miss. I think it might have to do something with the AWS backend that sometimes fail to connect instantly. We plan to improve on this for next iterations.
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you very much. Voice connections without the element of vanity (photos, videos) can allow for authentic connections between strangers that texts cannot convey. It is what we believe in and first-hand experienced on our app. We first w
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by jaybhum 3y ago
It is the web-demo of the app that we have. On our iOS and Android app, we have onboarding pages that guide you what our mission is, and how to use the app. Sorry if the web-demo interface felt abrupt! The goal is to facilitate people for
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Great point. We are working to optimize the load time as we have built this quickly to get it out into the world
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I agree that any social media has the potential be manipulated for sexual solicitation. I think we have an innate defense mechanism for that right now which is people need to leave an open voice message with their voice, share their locati
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I hope that is a joke haha
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by jaybhum 3y ago
We actually built the ios and android versions first, then decided to also build for web so that people can easily demo the app!
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by jaybhum 3y ago
awesome! Yeah it is awesome to be able to develop on multi-platforms with a single codebase.
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Hi, husband here :) To share with you a bit of the journey: - from Sept to Dec 2022: built an MVP of a slightly different app using Javascript + Phaser3 as I learned how to do full-stack development. Wondered how to launch this before we la
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by jaybhum 3y ago
To share briefly our journey, we started by launching this simple website: https://lonelyworld.info as a mini MVP. Then we got a tremendous response from various forums including Hacker News and Reddit, that we decided to pursue
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I made an app for lonely people and they left 1000s of voice messages(bubblic.app)
5 points by jaybhum 3y ago|3 comments

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