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Re:Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria by onion2k on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:54AM (#22364253)
I don't think someone launching an app stops people using all the other means of addressing their social issues. It's another option, not a replacement option.
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Re:Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria by 1propionyl on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:59AM (#22364272)
But is it an option that will actually help? Or is it a red herring that will drive in app purchases and ad revenue while letting the problems it purports to help with fester?

Attention is a finite resource.

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Re:Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria by DyslexicAtheist on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:57AM (#22364519)
> Attention is a finite resource.

and equally, so is empathy. And those people who invest in this garbage and profit of it ofc know it!

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