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by Raphmedia 4159 days ago
Invisible Girlfriend Monthly Subscription: $24.99/month

100 texts 10 voicemails 1 postcard

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I think 100 texts is a bit low for $24.99/month. The postcard option is very nice, so are the voice mails however.

But how do the voice mails work? Will it be the same voice every time?
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kazagistar 4159 days ago
25 cents for a "culturally and emotionally attuned" response seems fairly reasonable to me. It comes out to something like 100 seconds per response just to match minimum US wage.
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Raphmedia 4159 days ago
It's good for long messages. However, I could see someone go through the 100 SMS very quickly in a "conversation" where the imaginary person has to answer a bunch of short texts like "yes", "and you", etc.

I've tried the free trial, which is 10 SMS and went through them in half an hour or so (and that's because they don't reply very quickly). Haven't even got to the parts that I customized, I was still at "Hello there, how are you!", "Did you have a great day?" "Oh, and your?".

That's 4 SMS a day or so. At this point, I would simply use a chatbot, since they are fine with the basic conversations that I would manage to get to in 4 sms.

I guess you could have two 50 SMS conversations a month, but even then, good luck fooling someone into thinking this is your real lover.

The only plus I can see is that you can have someone tell you "Alright, if she is really your girlfriend, ask her something only your close friends know about you" and "she" would manage to answer.

Not very convinced about the service.

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tpeo 4159 days ago
'I could see someone go through the 100 SMS very quickly in a "conversation" where the imaginary person has to answer a bunch of short texts like "yes", "and you", etc.'

Reminds me of the Argument Clinic sketch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y#t=79

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gknoy 4159 days ago
No it does-- er, nevermind. :D
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vacri 4159 days ago
I could see someone go through the 100 SMS very quickly in a "conversation" where the imaginary person has to answer a bunch of short texts like "yes", "and you"

It's not meant to be a discussion service, but fake evidence that you've got a significant other.

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Raphmedia 4154 days ago
Yes, of course. But the best way to fake evidence that you have a significant other is to build a SMS history. I send my (real) girlfriend 15 to 50 messages a day. I don't think I would fool anyone with an history of 100 messages a month.
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