Show HN: Made a forum for depressed founders to confide

When I was 14, I was a year into playing all weekend every weekend with my first rock band. We recorded on a 4-track. Out there, at Guitar Center, were machines that could record 8 tracks. And pedals with crazy things like digital delay. Stuff that cost more than our parents made in a week.<p>But you had a slim chance of being noticed and a slimmer chance of becoming a rock star. If you only worked harder AND had that piece of kit...<p>so went the sales pitch that was made to my generation in the 90s. You known who got famous and obscenely rich? Maroon 5. The Strokes. You know <i>why</i>? It wasn&#x27;t their originality or their work ethic as musicians or their technical proficiency or the brilliance of their lyrics, nor their immense line of credit at Guitar Center. It was their parents paying girls from modeling agencies to go to their shows.<p>What&#x27;s depressing about being a founder is just watching less interesting, less competent people who are psychotically good at marketing take your ideas and get rich doing crappier versions of them.<p>Thanks, now I feel better and don&#x27;t need the site.

Re. replies.<p>Comparing to r&#x2F;depression, their subreddit rules are so strict about replies, that the only ones you see are &quot;I feel you.&quot; Not allowed to analyze, try to help, etc. Likely for the better.<p>So in practice, I think this site does with hearts what r&#x2F;depression does <i>despite</i> replies.<p>I wonder if it can have the virality without interaction, though. Or will it simply end up with posts being replies with quotes. I don&#x27;t know the history of r&#x2F;depression, if it grew before the rules, or with the strict rules.

This is very valuable, anonymous venting can bring out topics that many people wouldn’t otherwise discuss (for better or worse.)<p>Is there a way to reply to threads? Without replies I think you’ll see much less traction.

This is good. As others mentioned replies would definitely help but even as it is it helps people see that others have gone&#x2F; are going through similar situations. Often knowing you aren&#x27;t alone can help greatly.

Hi vforissi,<p>The site looks like a clean implementation of a simple idea, allowing someone to acknowledge a negative event, and by expressing in words and externalising, let it go<p>On the below post, I wonder what your thoughts are on this kind of interpretation of depression? Does it fit with your understanding and the above method? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fragments.themanual.io&#x2F;zonal-ban&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fragments.themanual.io&#x2F;zonal-ban&#x2F;</a>

I would suggest to replace the crying icon for a different image. It does not really help

People don&#x27;t talk enough about depressed founders! That can really leads to a mental illness

I question the ability of a bunch of depressed people to help each other.