I have an idea that could be worth billions, & I'm giving it away for free

7 points by tsydenzhap ↗ HN
A website where you chat with people & share your chats.

It's an alternative to podcasts, & better because people can think better reading & writing instead of listening & speaking.

https://www.grandviewresearch.com/static/img/research/podcasting-market.webp

The podcast market size is projected to reach 130.6 billion dollars in 2030.

https://www.grandviewresearch.com/static/img/research/podcasting-market-share.png

Roughly 3/4 of podcasts can be done better as a text-based chat than as an audio-based chat.

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so, IRC/Slack/Discord ...?
How is that different from a discussion forum?

Also, I think it's pretty normal to listen to podcasts when you're actively engaged in another activity like driving or cooking, and that's probably a big reason behind their popularity. You can't do that with a text-based chat, unless there's someone to read the text to you...in which case I think everyone would choose to hear it in the speakers' original voices.

Many listeners of podcasts are doing so while multi-tasking. Text based would be requiring direct attention that I don't think would win over the vast majority of people.
This is easily a multi-hundred dollar idea, thanks