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Sounds like a new concept. Has anyone ever tried this approach of a virtual real-life emulating community with video calls?

A lot of community building questions still apply though and I'd love to see them answered. How do you plan to deal with nefarious characters or just general sexually motivated trolls (if any)? Is there moderation of some kind? Community rules in general? Sign up integration in the future? I couldn't find it on the home page (though I may be thinking too much about it - the whole purpose of this might be a 'real' virtual world with sign-ups being a redundancy)

Either way, do not, in any way take my comment to be nit picky or leaning towards the critic side - I'm a genuinely interested user. Just an inquisitive one :) All the best.




> Has anyone ever tried this approach of a virtual real-life emulating community with video calls?

Yes, in stealth mode around 5yrs ago but couldn't get funding for launch. It was too early and too general. High battery drain didn't help either.




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