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Re:Almost one in five men admits to having no close friends,... by garmaine on Sunday September 22, 2019 @02:37PM (#21043057)
If so, I misread it. But going back I still can't see that interpretation.

> The lofty goal of the startup was to "cure loneliness" but I never told the users that.

And then he talks about building features for users to take their conversations offline. I mean maybe it was all for himself, but it seems like the goal was to get users to build long-lasting relationships.

Which is commendable, and I commend him for it. It sounds like an awesome project.

Re:Almost one in five men admits to having no close friends,... by jackbravo on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:00PM (#21065583)
With his ending I also implied it was to cure his loneliness:

> If I were lonely today, I would say...