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@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ __What features does it have?__
 - Responsive layout — works well on your smartphone
 - _.. and more!_
 
+__Why the fork?__
+
+We felt that the original [Shout](https://github.com/erming/shout) project
+"stagnated" a little because its original author wanted it to remain his pet
+project (which is a perfectly fine thing!).
+
+A bunch of people, excited about doing things a bit differently than the upstream
+project forked it under a new name: “The Lounge”.
+
+This fork aims to be community managed, meaning that the decisions are taken
+in a collegial fashion, and that a bunch of maintainers should be able to make
+the review process quicker and more streamlined.
+
 ## Install
 
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