Compassion Pit

If things fall a bit under the weather and you are just seeking advice or just someone to listen to your rants, quickest way to do is pick up the phone and call a friend or a family member.

Although, if you would prefer interaction through typing, even during everyday conversations with friends, a site to go to would be Compassion Pit, found at http://www.compassionpit.com/. 

It's like your common call-a-friend number back in the early days of colored tv, but without the party line, the busy tone, or the extra added cost. It is an alternative one can use to vent anonymously just about everything and anything.

At the home screen, one can choose to be the venter or the listener. It also says how many people are usually online. You can also choose to either be the venter if you got a problem you need consoling about, or opt to be the listener if you feel generous enough in lending an ear.

If you choose to be part of this site, chat and socket connection will be created. The site will let you know which has started.

Then, you go into a chatroom where you wait for your partner. On the screenshot below, I chose to be the venter, and I was waiting for my listener.

Other choices that you would want to do at the site are on the right side. You can report abuse if such happened.

Above is another screenshot while one waits for a partner. The setup is always one venter with a partner of one listener, and vice versa.

It states how many people in Facebook liked this page and how many people from Twitter tweeted about it.


Quote from the site is:

"This site has really given me hope. Somehow you end up talking to someone that really help you." 
-Anonymous

Aren't we just glad that a site like this exists for us to keep us on our feet despite desperate times?