[thomasskis]

Hey, this is a great idea! I’ve found myself using dating apps for this kind of purpose and I think this could be a better approach, especially from the support side. (I’ve had a few instances where being supportive but not wanting a romantic relationship with that person to be really frustrating for that person (which is understandable given the context of a dating app))

A feature that would be great here though is to have realtime conversations, I think you can connect a lot more when it’s realtime. Also supporting text replies could be really helpful.

Anyway, love what you’re building here and hope it goes well!

[jaybhum]

Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for sharing your past experience on dating apps! It is interesting that you have used them to support people, I have never heard of anyone use it for that purpose, but that is very altruistic of you haha

In fact, we tried making real-time conversation feature in our previous mini-MVP, and the difficulty there was that 1. people were too hesitant to jump in a phone call 2. people were never online at the same time 3. conversations could not be enjoyed by other listeners in different times.

I have tried using Clubhouse for a while, and did not like the dynamics there, where you would only have a few speakers talking at the same time like MCs while the audience can only listen. I think by focusing on asynchronous voice messages, this platform can help individuals make connections with other individuals, which is not offered by any platforms out there.

I hope you continue to enjoy using it! And we would appreciate any feedback you have :)