Frustrated and lonely Apple Watch users are flocking to Reddit to share their heartbeats with each other
The watch is equipped with a heart rate monitor on the back to measure your heartbeat. Of course, this is primarily for exercise, but Apple also built a little extracurricular into the function. You can get your heart rate reading at any time and send it to another Apple Watch user.
Problem is, not that many people have Apple Watches yet. It's still a very new product. And even those that are desperate for them may not have them yet, patiently waiting for their shipment to arrive.
So where do these lonely Apple Watch users turn to to share their lonely heartbeat with the world? Reddit, of course.
A subreddit called "lonelyheartbeats" has been created where people can shout into the void, begging for "taps" and "touches."
Here's a sampling of what you'll find people talking about there:
"I am Antonio, send me a drawing or heartbeat :)"
"No one I know has an Apple watch yet , would love to try these other features."
And more shouting into the void:
"It's been over a week, need some taps tap.me.[email address]"
"Had my watch since day one but don't know anyone else with one :( please tap me"
Then there are those who don't care about the inherent creepiness of getting a stranger's heartbeat beamed to their wrist:
"Please oh please come tap me"
There are plenty more like these.
You can check out the whole Reddit thread here, which as of this writing has 117 readers.