from Hacker News

Long version: Me and a colleague have been brainstorming this idea to build a platform where people can find other people to talk to about any topic they want. It could be life coaching to startup advice to maybe just talking to a person who is depressed and whats to have a casual conversation.

either party in the conversation could pay for this call. for eg: you're a tech guy and want to talk to some business person to see if they might be a good lead for the software services you provice. you can pay maybe a few dollars for a 5 min conversation with him!

I know there are niche players in the market who have similar platform for education, legal services, medical consultation etc..

we are wondering if we can have a general platform where people can directly connect with each other and make money instead of going through one of these niche players.

obviously we may need to start off with niche sectors but we want to give people a platform to make money by providing their services online.

that's the gist of what we have been thinking.. Where and why do you think this would fail? if you think it's a good idea, tell us what sector could we start with if we decide to go ahead with this idea. and how we can get some network effect?

Let the roasting/"this idea sucks" begin!

Cheers :D