A ripoff is intentionally copying a style to pass something off as what's being copied. Poal having a name pronounced the same as a part of 4chan isn't enough. Voat and Poal are more inspired by Reddit than anything else, so I'm confused as to how a pronunciation similarity bugs you, but Voat's similarities to Reddit felt organic.
Pol and poal sound the same.
Reddit and voat do not
Its literally that simple
I know that. I'm saying it's weird to be bothered by pronunciation similarities rather than functions/aesthetics similarities. Though we all have our quirks.
I would hardly call that a quirk. The name is the most important thing. Its what people call it. I cant say I'm going on poal without people thinking 4chan. The name takes precedent over functionality in real world interactions 10/10 times for that reason
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