Bored People Chat
Anonymous global chat room
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Bored People Chat is a minimal, anonymous global chat room inspired by the old internet that doesn't have sign-up, ads or bots. With a goal of cleaning up the bad reputation of previous anonymous chats, it’s a tiny website that has a single public global room. I purposefully didn't implement the ability to DM in here, and added moderation and filtering for anything that looks like personal information. Only a global public room exist where there are eyes of others.I built this because I personally wanted a space where I can always come back to, to meet and talk with strangers but also feel safe. It is mostly from nostalgia from old chat rooms and MMORPGs where I was able to make real deep connections online with people I haven't really seen faces of.I already see a few people who regularly start coming back because they feel lonely, bored or just curious. Some might've just moved to a new place, or have other reasons why it is difficult to meet people in real life. It has really meant a lot to be able to provide a small space like this for people to gather, feel the presence of others and talk about their life.My main focus is on the safety and moderation so I can continue to provide a safe space to talk. I believe this is achievable with help of modern AI agents that can automate the flagged chats and repeat offenders.I’d really appreciate some genuine feedback. Thanks.
HN · launched Jun 30, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: anonymous messaging and social apps · 121 launches, 12 in the last 7 days ▼ -8% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a minimal, single-room anonymous web chat with simple nickname selection and basic moderation tools, which can be quickly built using WebSockets or Supabase Realtime.
Discussion
17 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: IRC, AOL chat
Concerns raised: Moderation failures - racist slurs and abusive content appearing immediately, Server stability issues - 503 errors and connection failures under load, Misleading 'No AI' tagline when AI is used for moderation, LLM-generated copy feels inauthentic and over-designed, Legal/regulatory violations potential
Feature requests: Disable or reduce animated emotes that overlap readable content, Improve automatic content moderation system
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 585 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #453 of 586 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 244 days after the earliest competitor.
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