Re:Show HN: Bored People Chat – Anonymous global chat room
by dribbiy8 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @12:23PM
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>Showing racism/slurs/abusive words: Totally unacceptable and enhancing the automatic moderation is going to be my top priority over next few weeks.
RIP. If everyone needs to behave like good goys anyway, what's the benefit of being anon? May as well accrue fake internet points on social media instead.
Anyway, it was a bit of fun while it lasted. You probably don't believe it yet, but you'll soon realise that I'm right. It's dead. Peak activity has already been reached. There might be a few schizos screaming into the void every now and then but even they will fizzle out eventually, and then one day you'll stop paying the bill because it's just not worth it any more and all that's left will be this HN post and 404s.
To answer some of the questions/concerns:
1. Why does it say no AI?: When I wrote that copy, I meant there aren't AI bots automatically sending messages acting as humans (at least from the site's perspective). I'm going to change that as I realize that is confusing.
2. Showing racism/slurs/abusive words: Totally unacceptable and enhancing the automatic moderation is going to be my top priority over next few weeks.
3. Chat going 503 after large connections: Last night's stress test really revealed some bugs/gaps in terms of cleaning up stale connections. This was fixed, but yes, it was something I should've stress tested before.
Really appreciate everyone for checking this out. It has given me a realization of the difficulty and importance of safety and moderation in anonymous chats.