The Person Behind The Viral Polycule Ads Says It’s Just A Joke

Broadcaster on the price in San Francisco was very direct, if a little confusing. It said, “Looking for a New Polycule Member: We recently had a problem in our polycule and are looking for a new member.”

The link below invited anyone interested to sign up to join a group of cohabiting adults who are all in a consensual relationship. The ad seems strange at first, inviting subscribers to join a “community of fun-loving, diverse, misfits.” The more you read, the more surprising it becomes. The link went to the saved application page Thoughtswhere respondents can share information about themselves, such as what they like, their waistline (in inches), and whether they want to be part of the “breeding pool.”

Courtesy of Danielle Egan

“Please don’t think of this as a job!” website. “We like to think of it as X-Factor, but to find another partner.” This was gone insectswhere, spread over X and Reddit. Some people he saw it as a joke. Many seem very angry about San Francisco techies or the idea of ​​polyamory. Many asked if this could be true.

It wasn’t like that. The flyers – just 10 of them – were put together for a limited price by San Francisco-based artist and artist Danielle Egan. He was ashamed until this week, on him your blog.

“In my mind, I was like, ‘Oh, this is an obvious joke, it’s obviously a joke,'” Egan said in a call with WIRED. “I was surprised that so many people thought it was real.”

Egan has a history of these shenanigans. He was one of the leading public figures Mehran’s Steakhousewhere Egan and his colleagues operated a fake bougie restaurant in New York City for one night only in 2023, and Trackinga city-wide search that has taken place over the past two seasons in San Francisco. (Third Pursuit is scheduled for 2026.) He is also friends and collaborators with a group of San Francisco tech renegades, including a software engineer and an artist. Riley Walzwho has found many other publications for projects that allow public access old internet videosavoid parking ticketsand have an easy time watching Jeffrey Epstein’s emails.

A former LinkedIn employee who now runs her own startup and partner at Pursuit planner, Egan says she has a to-do list on her phone and more ideas than she has time to do. He only hung up 10 polycule signs when he went to get medicine from the pharmacy. But that was enough to bring up a lot of discussion threads across X and Reddit.