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Just a bit of my thoughts on seeing how this is being promoted, and the fine line/gray area between spam and an authentic "Show HN":

1. First, want to say kudos for building this app and putting it out there. It takes works and guts to do that.

2. "Overly promotional" submissions come off as spammy to me. Some of this is likely cultural, but things like "It definitely restored my faith in humanity" and "We are on a mission to end loneliness that is gripping our world today" are not likely to be that well received on a site like HN for an app that basically lets strangers leave voice clips. To be quite frank, I went and visited your site, and if it "restored your faith in humanity", perhaps your faith wasn't much in question to begin with.

3. Refrain from friends/colleagues leaving inauthentic comments. I don't know who "de4n_whit3" is, but the tone of his comment and his post history leads me to disregard it as BS.

Don't mean to be overly critical, but another commenter mentioned, "Agreed, the site would benefit from clearly answering, "what is this and why should I care?"", and you should try to better answer that.

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- what is this? : Bubblic is a social audio app where you connect with others exclusively with your voice. - why should I care? : The authentic human connection is getting harder to come by as the communication channels people are inundated with are low-dimension (texts) or highly focused on vanity (photos and videos) which ultimately leads to surface-level connections. We believe this is the cause for rising loneliness and mental struggles among people, especially youths, in US and around the world, and the digital and social environment is such that it is very easy to fall into the abyss of loneliness. Many don't know how to get out of it and eventually go out into the world to find friends. We want Bubblic to be the bridge that can help people get out of, or prevent getting into, the abyss of loneliness by helping them connect with others using their voice. Voice, being the most primal method of communication, has the power to help feel connected and understand others that other media do not come close to, in our opinion.