[realclayman]

I love the intention and at the same time I have many questions about this. Let me think out loud for a minute: I think loneliness is a symptom and the cause could be many things. Some of the causes require clinical attention. Thinking about depression for example: it is a delicate matter how to talk to someone with depression, what to say or what not to say, and helping someone with depression requires some sort of training. How to make sure people who want to support and join this website will not unintentionally do harm? One thing that comes in mind is to remind the support members about certain things, have them to read few articles, maybe even point them to some online training sessions (which can be hosted on this app as well) The other thing is lonely people. This app might need a way to connect the group that might need clinical help to right people.

Also I think HN is good to get technical advice from but in this case getting advice from mental health experts is definitely needed.

Wish you the best :)

[jaybhum]

Thank you for your thoughtful comment! I think it is a good idea to include helpful resources within the app so that supporters can support better and lonely people can decide the appropriate help they need depending on the severity of it.

We will refer to some mental experts for this part. Thanks again!