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That's totally fine. I'm only intending this to be an experiment, and honestly something to hack on in my spare time.

I'm curious though, what would compel you to return?

That's an interesting question, and I don't think I have the answer... And if I did I wouldn't tell you and launch my own website ;)

Seriously though, I think it would be hard to get a sense of community on a website where you can't identify the persons that are interacting with you... But of course the whole point is to be anonymous.

PS: what about the pokeball there ?

I think the pokeball is because of the name of the service, there was this character in Pokemon called Prof. Oak.

But 4chan has some sense of community, no?

What gives 4chan a sense of community? I agree, just wondering.

You're right, I don't know. oak.io is indeed starting to look like 4chan a little...

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