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News from Bored People Chat. Product updates, community notes, and devlogs.

A Place That's Always There

Loneliness at night is hard. Bored People Chat is meant to be a place you can always come back to, where there's always someone there.

Dev Log #3: July 10–28 Update

A point-form update covering Animal Bombers, MMO classes, equipment, housing, Orc Dungeons, Animal Pop, fortune games, profiles, and performance work.

How I Made Online Friends Before Social Media

IRC chat rooms, MMORPGs, and forums made it possible to meet strangers repeatedly until they became familiar. Here is what those old online spaces had in common.

How Moderation Works at Bored People Chat

Safety is the product. A plain-language tour of BPC's layered moderation (instant filters, toxic scores, async ML checks) and why new visitors face stricter rules than regulars.

Dev Log #1: What I Learned During the First Week

The hardest problem isn't getting visitors. It's getting them to arrive at the same time. One week in, thinking about overlap, retention, and what makes a chat room feel alive.

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