Curious, why you took offense to OPs post? If you are enjoying not having close friends, then good for you, really. This thread doesn't apply to you.
You remind me of Ricky Gervais' Guitar Lessons bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3dxMGzt5mU
In summary, it's like calling up a guitar teacher and telling them you don't want to learn guitar. Why call?
He is on a self-professed quest to cure loneliness, and seems to equate that with not having close friendships. I just want to make sure he is aware there is a distinction and not everyone classifies that way.
It seemed to me that he was on a quest to cure his loneliness.
Point is: It's interesting (perhaps even revealing) that you read it differently.
If it's not a problem, then it's not a problem. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
> The lofty goal of the startup was to "cure loneliness" but I never told the users that.
And then he talks about building features for users to take their conversations offline. I mean maybe it was all for himself, but it seems like the goal was to get users to build long-lasting relationships.
Which is commendable, and I commend him for it. It sounds like an awesome project.
> If I were lonely today, I would say...