Grab a drink as a warm up to get ready to converse with folks over topics that interest you!
A chat platform for establishing friendships through content instead of contacts
About Us
Chat applications have not evolved much over the past few decades to match the social activity of the internet. Yet we use them day to day to carry out all forms of communication. The AOL rooms of the 90’s inherently are not all that different from the current range of platforms available. You either add someone you know, or you join a community that someone built up.
Adding to the social dynamic, research has shown us that people leave social media more depressed than when they ventured on for an evening of light reading and conversing. There are diverse reasonings and grievances, but how often have you had an actual opportunity and voice to change the platforms we use day to day?
Consider this an open invitation to create a more social internet with us. We’re a content-over-contact, text-based chat application. We rely on Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, ... nerd power and user interaction to learn structure and meaning for topics of conversation. We bring in related content from all parts of the internet to fuel the vehicle by which one can navigate the virtual world.
Check out our blog, like our social media accounts, engage in conversations and surveys between beta tests, and converse within our application! Reddit claims to be the Front Page of the Internet; join us in creating the Emcee of the Internet.
How it works
- Sign up (when you're ready, click that frosty orange button!)
- (Optional) Grab your coffee
- Seek a topic
- React
- Engage
- Mute the trolls
- Whisper sensitive information
- Evolve the room
- Connect with people from all over
Our Goals
To build a bubbly, fun and safe place to have a more social internet.
To bring chat rooms into the future of social media.
To produce a product on watching topics of interest instead of watching every action of an individual.
To combat the sexting that plagues legacy platforms of chatting with strangers.
To be a vehicle of transportation and exploration of the internet.
What makes us unique
Our team spans Zoomer through Boomer, and we found a way to all get along- We leverage Machine-Learning over Human Curation (We won't hire "Fact Checkers")
- The chat rooms evolve (Ok, that's a teaser, we don't have enough throughput to accurately demonstrate this, yet 😉)
- No person or community owns a room -- topics and rooms are synonymous in Talkdust
- We're putting a new spin on the concept of "Reactions"
- We're feedback driven -- build this platform with us!
- We take a strong stance against sexting
A stroll through our history
Dear Reader,
Picture this: there is a beautiful sunrise beyond the horizon; a muggy and humid day is not far behind. Cars are still dormant, and streets are empty with the occasional car fleeting to avoid a morning rush. Birds are beginning to chirp; a runner laces his shoes for a pre-dawn run. A Millenial is about to get a call from a Boomer that changes the motion of their lives forever.
“Hello?” replies the runner.
“Hi, is this Arthur Weborg? My name is Brett Reetz; I am a lawyer.”
An awkward pause and an unvoiced thought of what have I done?! races through the runner's mind. Before the thought manifests to words, the lawyer breaks the silence
“Don’t worry; you’re not in trouble,” chirps Brett.
<to the reader: insert quick, yet appropriate transition verbiage of choice>
Leading up to that moment, there were a few failure-to-launch events. However, Brett hadn’t given up on his vision of “Roomarang.” Casting aside discouragement and frustration, he kept pressing forward.
This brief predawn interaction reignited a journey that had started two years earlier. Arthur was intrigued by the concept. Brett had found a technical mind to tame the computer beasties. After the internet was explored, Arthur found the competition to be sickly. The time is ripe for a new spin on chat rooms.
It wasn’t long before development began, prototypes put on display, and electricity was humming to the beat of messages being sent. Hands literally from around the world were contributing to code. There was even early interest from some venture capitalists overseas.
As the code expanded, so did Arthur’s family. Unfortunately, the platform didn’t go viral. Development went on hiatus, and Talkdust was eventually taken down to be reevaluated.
Fast forward again to fall of 2020. A skeleton of a system is already in place. Hadley and Dalton join and become key teammates. As the team synergized, so did the style and voice of the site. Months later, Arthur decides to dedicate himself fulltime to get Talkdust up and running.
The best is yet to come ;) TalkDust Logo