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Re:Show HN: I made a chat roulette for remote workers by simonskoog on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:01PM (#22569404)
It's just a cash grab. Created yesterday, stock photos, a '50% off' deal at $5 since inception with no demo of how it works. A lot of people will pay $5 and just not think more of it, but that can turn out pretty nice in these times.

I do like the idea, but I feel that a Discord chat with separate rooms where multiple people can hang out and find eachother again would be cheaper and more useful.

Edit: Actually, if someone feels like setting one up, just ping or reply here. I'd love to join and talk to all sorts of devs from all over who are remoting. My best coworker just had his last day today so doubly interesting personally.

Re:Show HN: I made a chat roulette for remote workers by romes on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:49PM (#22569849)
I'm interested!

Just created a brand new empty one, i'm setting it up, join whenever whoever

https://discord.gg/CVgKmaZ

Re:Show HN: I made a chat roulette for remote workers by tapland on Friday March 13, 2020 @06:06PM (#22571286)
Seems to be taking off, and saving HN users $500. See you there monday.
Re:Show HN: I made a chat roulette for remote workers by kjaftaedi on Friday March 13, 2020 @07:11PM (#22571673)
I think they're trying to duplicate the startups in this HN post from 2 weeks ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22426063

At least the other sites have scheduling systems and calendars. This is literally paying someone 5$ to have a guy send you someone else's email address.