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Costs $5?

Seems like you are competing with hotlines, that are free and have trained staff.

Honest question that you should answer on your page - Why is it better to pay $5 to talk to untrained peer "bros"?

Thank you for your feedback. Do you have any addiction? If you had an addiction you would know that in the moment you have an urge, especially if your loved ones are next to you sleeping, you definitely don't want to call an hotline, make noise, let everyone hear it and feel embarassed with yourself.

Seems like an affective way to keep bots/trolls out.

That's what I thought, and a way to test this MVP. Would anybody pay for this? If it was free I would get zero useful information. My two cents.

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