Kindly app lets strangers bond briefly over troubles [Time.com]

Samantha Sangenito 1/13/154:00 AM

I'm hunched over my iPhone, texting with a stranger I know only as "NJ."

I'm soliciting career advice. I love my work, I peck out, but sometimes wonder if I should be more strategic, have a grand plan.

This conversation is being facilitated by Kindly, a smartphone app that pairs users for anonymous chats about the troubles on their minds. A timer at the top of my screen counts down 15 minutes, the allotted time for each chat — though I could extend the conversation or follow up later by sending NJ a "friend request."

[For more of this story, written by Anna Scott, go to http://www.latimes.com/health/...-20150110-story.html]

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