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Current webdev project: a site to find local friends based on common interests

Have you ever thought "there should be a dating app that's like Reddit?" No? Good. That's a terrible idea. I'm doing it anyway. Well, not a dating app per se. The main functionality of the website (because it's actually a website that I'm making, I don't really know how to make apps) isn't to find romantic or sexual partners. It is, however, meant to be used to make connections in your proximity, so it's like a dating app in that way. There will also be some dating app functionality, but I hope it's more useful than most dating apps. The reason I compared it to Reddit is that the site I'm building has different topics that one can post to: so, for example, if you're asking for recommendations for musicals showing in your area, you could post in the "musicalTheatre" topic and set the post visibility to a certain radius of distance from you. The main thing that distinguishes it from normal forums is the location settings: I ...