Ask HN: Solopreneurs, how do you maintain a professional/social network?
I've always been a single child, so I'm used to it.<p>That's only half the truth.<p>Over a decade ago supposed friends turned enemies over a romantic relationship involving another supposed friend. Long story short, it hurt a lot and changed my life, one by one I had a fight with those so-called friends, of which not a single one turned out to be a friend. It seems like they were just looking for a reason to end the friendship.<p>So that was really tough to find out that not only the romantic other cheated on me, and even worse what came afterwards, but to lose the social real life network,  that existed for 1-2 decades, over laughable things.<p>I tried to find new contacts on Facebook back in 2010. It was a place filled with stupidity and ignorance. I found Google+ where I met like minded people,  but no friends.<p>So I live my life without any social contacts except my mother. And I post on platforms like this, but those aren't social interactions.<p>I tried to build a cooking / food sharing group, I have found no one interested. I walked around a lot in town and around in hopes to meet someone new. There were some opportunities but nothing stuck.<p>So yeah, meanwhile I sunk so low that I watch twitch IRL streams for some human component, but those beggars are just trying to exploit that, so I turn it off and play MMORPGs, but the interactions there are... people are rude, inconsiderate, selfish assholes. It seems to me that the bottom feeders of society populate MMORPGs. Back in 1997-1999 that wasn't the case and you had mostly educated and friendly people playing. Games also weren't as predatory.<p>So yeah it hurt to lose the "friends" but nowadays I don't care anymore, it's me who doesn't want to put up with the majority of people out there anymore.<p>One guy, a former "friend" had the nerve to come to me, he was jobless for a very long time and living off social security.
In the time that was rough for me and when I reached out to him he just never called back.
When he learned that my business took off, there he was again. 
The first thing he said was "Can you lend me 5€". I said no.
Then he said, "If I go now I'm gone for good". I shrugged and closed the door.<p>People suck.