[Ntrails]

Which leads to the inevitable question of what in gods name this garbage is doing on the front page of HN

[aaren]

perhaps because it is an issue that resonates with the demographic of hacker news?

[shankysingh]

Agreed @aaren, in todays fast pace life, its becoming alarmingly simple to lose touch with friends. IMHO if you work in startup, its even easier.

[kristofferR]

Without it we wouldn't have had this great debate about male friendships. Sure, the original article may very well be crap, but the resulting debate is not.

[wildpeaks]

It might be due to its linkbait title :/

[return0]

Perhaps it highlights a potential problem and a market that needs to be disrupted.