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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by GaryNumanVevo on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @04:20PM (#42381647)
It's not really that sad. Young guys with a bit of disposable income could do a lot worse than subscribing to someone's onlyfans and chatting with a bot. I don't charge subscribers directly and don't do any pay-per-message scheme, it's free for the user (provided they're subscribed to my client's page).

The conversations aren't even overtly sexual in nature, mostly just guys sending "hey hope you're having a good day" during work hours. Llama is good, but honestly I think anyone would probably know they're talking to a bot after a few days, but they still keep talking to it anyways.

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by e12e on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @05:52PM (#42382581)
> The conversations aren't even overtly sexual in nature, mostly just guys sending "hey hope you're having a good day" during work hours.

I actually think that's worse.

Ed: but props to you for filling a technology niche.

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by munificent on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @05:57PM (#42382641)
I think it's worse too.

They aren't even getting any sexual gratification from it. Just lonely little unrequited missives. Hoping and failing to make a connection and not even realizing they haven't.

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by dkuklin on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @11:10AM (#42502814)
How many parameters LLama do you use? What framework do you use to launch it?