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Is this a social commentary joke? It must be.

I really hope so. If it is, the creator needs to drop better hints because clearly the absurdity of the concept in and of itself is going to be lost on most people, as the VentureBeat post demonstrates.

The registrant email associated with the getrumblr.com domain is me@jackk.im. jackk.im is the website of Jack Kim, who lists himself as the co-founder of OneTune.fm, a current Stanford student and former founder of Benelab, "a web-based nonprofit startup dedicated to harnessing the immense power of web search to fund incredible causes."[1]

[1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack7kim

The founders already went public with the information in this interview with CBS 5 Phoenix. Matt Henderson and Jack Kim, New York City.

http://www.kpho.com/story/30460494/app-connects-strangers-wh...

This Matt Henderson[1], who is the "Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Juhász & Associates, LLC", "a digital branding agency passionate about genuine and sincere human engagement," has been retweeting Rumblr's Twitter account. You really can't make this stuff up.

I wonder if the founders are going to eat their own dog food. By the looks of their photos, I'd guess not.

> “We're kind of all hands off after people meet,” said Jack Kim, the second half of the Rumblr duo. “Beyond that we don't condone any specific type of violence and we do specifically state when you sign up, we're not legally supporting any of what you're doing here.”

This is perhaps the best proof yet that you can get into a school like Stanford even as an idiot.

[1] https://twitter.com/juhaszhenderson

Here is a video interview of them I found if you're curious - http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/30460494/app-connects-str...

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