Why this exists

The reason people do not tell each other is not that they cannot find the words. It is that being wrong about it is expensive — it is awkward in class for a term, it gets around, and it costs a friendship that was working fine. So a lot of people at MIT Bengaluru who would get a yes never ask.

maheblr removes the cost. You pick someone. If they have not picked you, absolutely nothing happens: they are not told, no counter goes up, nothing appears anywhere. If they have, you both find out in the same minute. There is no version of using this where you get turned down, because there is no version where anyone learns you were interested unless it was mutual.

What it deliberately is not

• A dating app. There are no profiles, no photos, no bios, no swiping, and nothing to browse for its own sake.
• A chat app. A match gives you a name, a section and an email. Where it goes after that is yours to figure out.
• A place to find out who likes you. That question has no answer here, on purpose.

Why everybody is on the list

The student list is the college's own cohort roll, loaded in full. Being on it is not a sign-up and not a profile — it means the college says you are a student here, nothing more. From that roll maheblr keeps three things: your name, your section, and which of the two lists you are on. Application numbers and mentor allocations were left where they were.

Listing everyone is what lets the list be open at all. If it showed only people who had joined, then opening it would tell you who had joined — and a name appearing on it would be news about that person. A list of the whole cohort is news about nobody. If you would rather not be on it, say so and you are removed.

Who made it

Students, for one campus, with no company behind it and no relationship to the university. Questions, problems, or anything that looks wrong: noreply@maheblr.fun.