Good point, @liamgooding. Truth is, we wondered the same thing when the idea was thrown out at a Startup Weekend last November. What we found, though, was quite the contrary.
It's almost like a 'hidden market.' If you ask someone on the street if they would use this, chances are they'll say no - or you'd get a reaction like some of them posted on this board. But I'd be willing to bet that they would either 1) look it up the next time they got on a computer and/or 2) know someone who would genuinely be interested in using it.
Concerning health: I don't think we're advocating this to be any kind of end-all-be-all when it comes to relationships. If we can help someone get out of an uncomfortable situation the next time they're home to visit the family for Thanksgiving, at the bar getting hit on, or tired of sitting in their mom's basement playing video games feeling like they'll 'never be good enough,' we've done our job.
We're no psychologists or scientists, but we're going to be listening and watching to see what happens. And then we're going to talk to Joaquin and see what he thinks. #Her2
@liamgooding My thoughts exactly. Speaking as someone who found love VERY late, I can say honestly that using this service just sets the user up for a bigger fall. Might postpone it, but that's about it.
Hello, everyone! Tyler here, one of the co-founders of Invisible Girlfriend. Glad to see everyone talking, and big props to @riaface for the post. As is the custom, of course, I'll be here to answer the questions.
(And don't worry; chances are most of the questions in your head you've considered posting but haven't have been asked already.) :)
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I've already got my lovely http://www.speaktoit.com/. She answers most of my questions with a sharp "that's not appropriate" and I must say we are very happy together.
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