This is a good idea, but I don’t think you need an app feature to solve it (in fact, an app feature, to me, would seem to risk damaging the thing you actually want, which is to be in a conversation with interesting people instead of in a conversation with people who struggle find themselves in interesting conversations).
Instead what you can/could have done is the following:
Find a place to sit down where other people sometimes come to sit down
When other people sit down, say “hi”
Most of the time, conversation ensues
Basically what I’m saying is that Less Online already had meeting stones and they were the comfy, shaded couches and chairs, and they got populated by people who were willing to talk to random strangers in part because they were not designated meeting places (i.e. we had shelling meeting stones).
That’s what I did, but sometimes it didn’t work well because all of the obvious places were full, and if I went somewhere else people would think I was intentionally avoiding the crowds. It also meant I only talked to people who sat in certain places.
It was particularly hard to find people to talk to during lunch.
This is a good idea, but I don’t think you need an app feature to solve it (in fact, an app feature, to me, would seem to risk damaging the thing you actually want, which is to be in a conversation with interesting people instead of in a conversation with people who struggle find themselves in interesting conversations).
Instead what you can/could have done is the following:
Find a place to sit down where other people sometimes come to sit down
When other people sit down, say “hi”
Most of the time, conversation ensues
Basically what I’m saying is that Less Online already had meeting stones and they were the comfy, shaded couches and chairs, and they got populated by people who were willing to talk to random strangers in part because they were not designated meeting places (i.e. we had shelling meeting stones).
That’s what I did, but sometimes it didn’t work well because all of the obvious places were full, and if I went somewhere else people would think I was intentionally avoiding the crowds. It also meant I only talked to people who sat in certain places.
It was particularly hard to find people to talk to during lunch.