This is pathetic and you should feel ashamed for trying to exploit individuals with such needs for profit.
As others have pointed out, those seeking that kind of companion already have free alternatives available, in Reddit and other places.
As others have pointed out, those seeking that kind of companion already have free alternatives available, in Reddit and other places.
Sometimes a terrible idea is just called a terrible idea.
and sometimes a pathetic idea is just called a pathetic idea.
Just like the "professional huggers" which he mentions. You can't purchase human affection.
However, the very spirit of being a hacker is to solve problems with less than optimal solutions, like duck tape. Human affection is the optimal solution, but people who use services provided by professional huggers know that they're buying an interaction that is positive to them, not a feeling in the other person.
I'm all for people meeting these needs in organic and free ways, that would the ideal. But it's something like good food, ideally, we should have time to prepare a good meal (real friends or new reddit strangers), but there's not always like this. So you can feel this need with some industrial food (the are services using AI to solve depression), or going to a restaurant with someone proud of their craft (my idea of service).