410 - One link. Two people. Gone.

Gleb_N — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:22:14 +0000

I built a disposable chat for two people — does “temporary contact” make sense to anyone else?

I built a small web app called 410 around one simple idea:

Sometimes you want to talk to someone for a few minutes without exchanging Telegram usernames, phone numbers, emails, or creating a permanent contact.

With 410, you open the site, create a one-time link and send it to one person. Once they join, the conversation starts.

No account. No app install. No contact list. No permanent chat history.

The conversation can exist for up to 30 minutes. You can also destroy it at any time. Once it’s gone, the room no longer exists and the URL returns an actual HTTP 410 Gone.

Messages are end-to-end encrypted in the browsers.

The whole flow is basically:

create → share → talk → destroy → 410 Gone

https://410.chat

What I’m actually trying to understand is whether “temporary contact” is useful as a concept on its own.

For example, I imagined using it when you meet someone through a forum, marketplace, comment section or community and want to talk privately without giving them a permanent way to contact you.

But maybe this is solving a problem that most people simply don’t have.

I’d really appreciate honest feedback:

Would you ever use something like this?

If yes, in what situation?

If not, what would make you just use Telegram / WhatsApp / Signal / Discord instead?

And if you try it, feel free to break things — duplicate tabs, reopen links, disconnect, reconnect, refresh at bad moments, etc.

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410 - One link. Two people. Gone.