FOUND magazine is an online archive that anyone can contribute to, after registering an account with the website. Users post notes, photographs, drawings, etc. that they find in random locations. They also write a caption for each submission stating where they found it, and sometimes the date or some background information about the situation that surrounds the note, if they know that information.
This type of site is addictive, since the "More Finds" section appears under each submission, allowing visitors to the site to keep clicking endlessly on more submissions. The variety of types of submissions (they can be anything that is written or drawn on) keeps the site fresh and interesting for a longer amount of time than if there were only notes, or only photos.
The site's format, which allows comments, creates a community of people that can share and interpret random things. The comments are largely humorous interpretations of the notes, or jokes about them. Some people seriously analyze the submissions and become involved in heated debates about their meanings. It's interesting that even with something as informal as these submissions, people can still view them as serious literary works.
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