Virus Cafe

Make a friend in 2 minutes

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Make a friend in 2 minutes

3 followers

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Make a friend in 2 minutes! Here's how it works: 1. You are matched with a random partner for a video chat 2. You're given a deep question to discuss. You have 2 minutes! 3. The only rule is: no small talk!   Meet a new friend & make a deep connection today.

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Socket for Python

Maker

Hey folks! I built Virus Cafe to help you make a friend in 2 minutes! My goal is to help people stuck indoors because of COVID-19 (or police curfews) to make meaningful connections with strangers. https://virus.cafe Here's how it works:  1. You are matched with a random partner for a video chat 2. You're given a deep question to discuss. You have 2 minutes! 3. The only rule is: no small talk! Small talk is the worst and I'm on a mission to eradicate it. I've expertly crafted over 200 questions designed to stimulate good conversation and skip past the boring introductions. Here are a few samples: - When in your life have you been the happiest? - What would you be willing to die for? - What is the biggest lie you’ve told without getting caught? - What is a belief you had as a child that you no longer have? - What human emotion do you fear the most? - If a family member murdered someone, would you report them to the police? - What absolutely excites you right now? I hope you use Virus Cafe to meet a new friend and make a deep connection today. Feross

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6yr ago

Very neat! One thing that would be interesting is an ability to upvote or downvote the question afterward (or something similar) I think extending is a good addition, the 2 minutes felt a bit short, but it's a bit easy to abuse and keep extending. Maybe you should only be able to extend a single time?

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6yr ago

Socket for Python

Maker

@cronokirby I like the idea of rating the question so we can figure out which ones are good! As for extending, both sides have to agree to extend for the extension to happen. But I agree that it might be good to set a norm that people should try to talk to more different people!

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6yr ago

Is it completely random? I'd be more interested in conversation with people in my general area. After the lockdowns we could potentially meet. But it's just a suggestion.

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6yr ago

Socket for Python

Maker

@marian_nicolleti That's a great idea. Maybe possible once there are more users on the site. Right now, it's better to have it completely random so that you're not waiting around forever for a match!

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6yr ago

This is awesome! are you going to open source this project like many others you have or is it already open source?

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6yr ago

Socket for Python

Maker

@amadeus6996 I'm considering whether to open source it. Haven't decided yet

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6yr ago

Shark.Health

A very awesome idea when you are in a locked situation, though I would still prefer to meet people in real life conditions :) I was thinking this idea could be utilized for a long time in the cases where people can not move and are stuck to their beds or houses (ex: sick, paralyzed, in hospitals, tech savvy elderly community...)

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6yr ago

Socket for Python

Maker

@liana_avetian Of course. Nothing can compare to real life. But I hope that this is a reasonable substitute for when that's not possible. Also, getting to meet lots of random people from all is sometimes hard to do in real life! So this hopefully helps enable that!

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6yr ago

Hello, is there a fee to use this technology? Can this be limited to a selected group of people? Does something have to be down loaded in order to attend a chat at the Cafe?

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6yr ago

Where's the 'cafe' part of this? Can you show other people having conversations in a gallery view - so it feels like a cafe? Rather than a chat room? But obviously have the other people on mute?

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6yr ago

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