Show HN: Bored People Chat – Anonymous global chat room

(boredpeoplechat.com)

5 points | by syc-bpc 1 hour ago

9 comments

  • jonplackett 1 hour ago
    Seems to be mostly full of people hurling racist abuse - this should surprise no one.
    • dribbiy8 1 hour ago
      I feel like I'm doing most of the heavy lifting here. Many hands make light work, lads.
  • isoprophlex 1 hour ago
    Open the page... Loading tooltip says "a campfire, not a stage".

    750 msec in and I feel a rising tide of "this is llm slop, it's probably not something thoughtfully created; not something that sparks joy".

    Not a good initial response. Your coding agent put that there and you probably didn't even think about it much so it got left in, even though it's a trite slopism that doesn't convey anything apart from a vague feeling of cosyness. Just "loading" would have been enough, or a first-load modal where you explain the purpose.

    Okay, I'm a sourpuss, I know. Lets go on. So, the chatbox renders... but every API call 503's, so there is nothing to see or do. Apart from staring at a header with another slopism to pick at, like an itching little scab that's been there forever because you can't seem to leave it alone even though you should:

    "One room. Everyone. No accounts. No ads. No AI."

       - one room. everyone. 
       Yes we can see that 
    
       - no accounts
       Yes indeed this is obvious from the autogenerated username
    
       - no ads
       Thanks for telling me, otherwise I wouldnt have noticed their absence
    
       - no ai
       Citation needed lol
    
    
    The idea is good, or at least seems to come from a genuine place. but for fucks sake run a human pass over the copy. Or just ask the clanker to do it for you. LLM text in user interfaces is like tailwind css, linkedin broetry and hustle culture had a demented lovechild.
    • localhoster 1 hour ago
      > LLM text in user interfaces is like tailwind css, linkedin broetry and hustle culture had a demented lovechild.

      next level

  • vanillameow 57 minutes ago
    The tagline is literally "No AI" but this is a clearly Claude-designed website and you say you use AI for moderation, so what does the "No AI" even refer to? That the people you talk to aren't AI? What reason do I have to believe this, given the project's remaining track record?

    Also IRC still exists.

  • ad_hockey 58 minutes ago
    I'd get rid of the animated emotes, they're a bit obnoxious. They pop up right over the part of the screen you're trying to read and don't add any value.
  • JauntyHatAngle 1 hour ago
    This is barrens chat 2.0.

    Just a constant slew of racism and US politics.

  • shippedbytim 1 hour ago
    Like back to the old days of AOL chat
  • supern0va 1 hour ago
    It's currently broke people chat.
  • EmanuelB 1 hour ago
    ”Could not load chat. Check your connection and refresh.”
  • KennyBlanken 1 hour ago
    I loaded the site and within 3 seconds an antisemitic slur appeared and then a few seconds later a slur about asian people appeared.

    Predictable, tiresome, cliche.