Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?

Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by LorenPechtel on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:19PM (#46638602)

The world has become a much bigger place. You used to know who to avoid, the default was someone was acceptable. Now the ones to avoid move around and it's all too likely that a newcomer is such a person.

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Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by tenacious_tuna on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:33PM (#46638847)

> Now the ones to avoid move around and it's all too likely that a newcomer is such a person.

This seems a wild generalization to make, though I guess "be suspicious of newcomers" is a little biologically hardwired. What's your epistemology for believing "newcomers" are "the ones to avoid"?

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Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by LorenPechtel on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @07:07PM (#46699463)

The problem is the bad guys move around a lot more than the good guys.

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Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by tenacious_tuna on Saturday January 24, 2026 @01:34PM (#46746194)

That's not an explanation, that's a restatement of the claim.

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Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by 1bpp on Thursday January 15, 2026 @05:34PM (#46640374)

I think it's still likely that most new people you'll encounter aren't malicious. I have to wonder what your mental image of a 'newcomer' looks like.

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