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I'm reminded of tired.com for some reason. There's not much there, but there's been some really interesting stories about them over the years

https://slate.com/culture/2004/07/the-perplexing-success-of-...

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Thanks for sharing the link! This stood out to me the most: "Correspondents rarely confess to the sort of skanky, self-destructive behavior found on Group Hug (“I slept with someone I work with. He’s married. I’m friends with his wife.”). And why should they? There’s no guilty thrill of public catharsis. Tired.com isn’t another outlet for exhibitionists. It’s an unexpected invitation to quietly complain about the same old same old to a stranger who might actually listen."

Complaining to strangers who might actually listen, instead of seeking the guilty thrill of public catharsis... Something I am definitely taking note on

For anyone else who missed Group Hug at the time and is curious, here's a sample:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120207131807/http://grouphug.u...

I don't know these people at all, obviously, but I really hope they got the help they needed (and it likely wasn't from an internet site).

This looks similar to http://gentle.earth/

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